No One Year Can Unlock the Meaning of America
By John G. Turner: The New York Times’s 1619 Project and some of its critics fall prey to the same error in seeking to explain our nation’s history.
Read MoreUnderstanding America
Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor: We’re Not There Yet
From six years ago this month: Having just spent a week discussing the failures of conservative and libertarian wealthy political donors, it is appropriate to touch on the story of two of the first…
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What Was Revolutionary About the American Revolution?
A new video from Prager University: Everyone knows the basics of the American Revolution: thirteen North American colonies revolted against British rule and won their independence. But there’s much more to the story: the…
Read MoreGreatness in America in the Time of Coronavirus
By Helen Roy: Are we a people who shrink in fear, turning a blind eye to the poor and excluded? Or are we capable of generosity even in times of precarious means for ourselves?
Read MoreNew 1776 Project Aims to Counter ‘Lethal’ Narrative of 1619 Project
By Cole Carnick: A group of predominantly African-American academics, journalists, entrepreneurs, and community activists on Friday launched one of the most significant challenges yet to the New York Times’s controversial 1619 Project, which is…
Read MoreMeet The ‘Colored Patriots Of The American Revolution’ Who Helped Make America Great
By Bereket Kelile: William Cooper Nell’s innovative approach of collecting oral records passed down from Revolutionary War veterans showed what these unsung heroes did for their country.
Read MoreWickard v. Filburn: The Supreme Court Case That Gave the Federal Government Nearly Unlimited Power
By Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan: The Constitution creates a government of enumerated powers, which means the federal government is only authorized to do things that are specifically listed.
Read MoreFreedom from Freedom from Religion: The Intent of Our Founding Fathers
By Christopher Skeet: Have you heard of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)?
Read MoreThomas Paine on Government, Liberty, and Power
By Gary M. Galles: Paine’s words, which greatly inspired our founding, contrast sharply with the America we have come to inhabit.
Read MoreThe American Revolution Was Also A Moral Revolution
By Craig Bruce Smith: In C. Bradley Thompson’s new book, ‘America’s Revolutionary Mind,’ the Clemson professor makes a provocative and persuasive rebuttal to contemporary historians suggesting that the American founding advanced self-serving motives based…
Read MoreWhat the Founders Actually Thought About Slavery
By Jarrett Stepman: One of the ironies of the current American “elite” is that, rather than actually being elite, they have the smug self-assurance of knowing much that isn’t so. Recently, a video surfaced…
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What Was the Enlightenment?
A new video from Prager University: The European Enlightenment of the 18th century introduced the world to modern science, economics, medicine, and political freedom – or so we’re told. But is what we’re told…
Read MoreKing Herod, the Ruling Class, and Christmas in America
By Eric Georgatos: Americans know their heritage; they love their heritage; and they have a sense that the divine is in the mix.
Read MoreStarving Ships & Freezing Winter at Valley Forge, 1777-78
By Bill Federer: “December 25th — Christmas. We are still in tents, when ought to be in huts — the poor sick, suffer much in tents this cold weather.
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George Washington and America’s Christmas Miracle
By Newt Gingrich: As I gather with family and friends for the holiday, I like to think about the most important Christmas moments that we have shared together. This year, as I was thinking…
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