The 1519 Project: How Early Spanish Explorers Took Down A Mass-Murdering Indigenous Cult
Five hundred years ago, Hernando Cortez and his native allies put an end to a gruesome regime with one of the greatest underdog victories ever recorded.
No, America Wasn’t Built On Slavery, But Faith That All Men Are Created Equal
By reframing America’s founding around slavery, the 1619 Project misreads history and the role Americans played in realizing the ideals of the Declaration.
The Ghost Of John C. Calhoun Haunts Today’s American Left
The irony of the New York Times’ 1619 Project is that it embraces the critique of the American Founding espoused by the leading defender of Southern slavery, Sen. John C. Calhoun.
U.S. History Doesn’t Need To Be ‘Reframed’ Around Identity Politics; It Already Has Been
The myth that students and readers are getting some rose-colored version of American history is nonsense. So what is the 1619 Project really trying to do?
A Close Reading Of Federalist No. 10 Shows John Locke Doesn’t Have A Lock On The Founders
An investigation of those who made an impression on James Madison reveals the forgotten impact of two Founding Era philosophers: David Hume, and Adam Smith.
WaPo Article Preposterously Claims Abraham Lincoln Was ‘Into Karl Marx’
A Washington Post article erroneously claimed Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx were ‘friendly and influenced each other,’ and that Lincoln had strong sympathies for socialism.
Why Citing Watergate To Pursue Grand Jury Records Against Trump Smacks Of Corruption
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep Jerry Nadler cites Watergate as the precedent for transmitting grand jury information to Congress. That’s true, but in the opposite way he thinks.
A Quick Look At History Proves ‘Street-Fight’ Politics Are Nothing New
Underhanded or ‘dirty’ political tactics are nothing new to democratic nations, and sometimes, unsavory means are needed to secure victory over evil.
This Former Slave’s Understanding Of The American Founding Rebukes Beto O’Rourke’s Ignorant Anti-Americanism
Democratic presidential hopeful Robert Francis ‘Beto’ O’Rourke told a group of immigrants, ‘This country was founded on white supremacy.’ Frederick Douglass has some words for him.
Why It’s Preposterous To Say Western Civilization Is About ‘Whiteness’
There are, of course, relatively simple ways to blow this objection to western civilization as ‘white civilization’ to smithereens, but many prefer the easy lie to the more complex truth.
3 Ignorant Myths About The Betsy Ross Flag, Dispelled
The nation’s leaders after the Civil War did not see a need to alter the flag’s appearance because they outlawed slavery under it. The American flag—the Union flag—was the victor in the Civil War.
Left Completely Misses The Point Of Frederick Douglass’s Speech About Independence Day
Countless elites in the media this week have cited abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ infamous 1852 speech as a condemnation of American ideals. It in fact was the opposite.
Calvin Coolidge’s Birthday Is The Perfect Time To Dispel Popular Myths About Him
Calvin Coolidge was not quite the laissez-faire president he’s been made out to be, nor was he a servant of Big Business. The truth is somewhere in between.
How To Unlock Jefferson’s Original Opening Of The Declaration Of Independence
Thomas Jefferson’s first draft held that our rights were ‘sacred and undeniable.’ What did we lose or gain by this change to America’s founding document?
Everyone Quotes The Declaration, But Not Many Read It
The complex reality behind American independence is being pushed aside even in our study of the Declaration itself.
To Remain Free, We Need To Deepen Our Understanding Of The Declaration
Too many have distorted or forgotten the words of the Declaration of Independence. In our defense of liberty, we cannot abandon the text’s core principles.
Why We Need Monuments To Washington And Jefferson More Than Ever
History should be taught and scrutinized, but should never be sanitized, at least not in a country that aspires to learn from its imperfect past.
Holocaust Museum Condemns Comparisons Of Border Security To Concentration Camps
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum condemned comparisons of migrant detention centers on the U.S. southern border to 1930s concentration camps.
No, Maintaining U.S. Borders Is Not The Same As Ethnic Cleansing
Ocasio-Cortez’ claim equivocates law enforcement with racist incarceration and ethnic cleansing, delegitimizing the suffering of actual concentration camp victims.
While Americans Gobble Up History Books, Colleges Shut Down History Departments
Today, most Americans would quite literally fail the citizenship test. For us to move forward with a shared sense of purpose, we have to know our history.
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