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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 men to step up and fund…
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From the archive–originally posted March 18, 2008: The downward trajectory of the GOP as shown in the recent loss of Illinois’ 14th congressional district can only be reversed through a reformation in the civic and…
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By Angelo Codevilla: In the time of COVID-19, the primary practical problem is that any number of persons who hold positions of power have taken to exercising their statutory authority—and often much much more—to…
Read MoreBy 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.
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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 MoreBy 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 MoreBy 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 MoreBy 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 MoreBy 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 MoreBy Christopher Skeet: Have you heard of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)?
Read MoreBy Gary M. Galles: Paine’s words, which greatly inspired our founding, contrast sharply with the America we have come to inhabit.
Read MoreBy 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 MoreBy 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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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 MoreBy Eric Georgatos: Americans know their heritage; they love their heritage; and they have a sense that the divine is in the mix.
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