Ignoring The Courts May Be Tempting, But It’s Unconstitutional And Dangerous
It would be more than a little ironic for conservatives to seek to defend the Constitution while ignoring it when convenient.
Was America’s Founding Revolutionary Or Conservative?
Dr. Larry Arnn poses the question in the first lecture of Hillsdale College’s free online Constitution 101 course.
No, Steven Pinker, The Enlightenment Doesn’t Pit Reason Against Faith
Steven Pinker oversimplifies the Enlightenment by claiming it pits reason against faith. In fact, the Enlightenment sprung from Christian ideas of nature.
If It Weren’t For The Constitution, America Would Be A ‘Sh-thole’ Country, Too
President Trump was right that some countries are ‘sh-tholes,’ but we should remember that America is different because it was fortunate enough to be born free.
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik On Religion, Jewish Ideas, And The American Founders
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss religion in modern America, as well as the influence of Jewish ideas on our founding fathers.
If We Topple Every Statue Of An Imperfect Person They Must All Come Down
We are approaching levels of secular iconoclasm previously unknown in the West. All humans are flawed. Eventually, all of us will be disowned by our grandchildren.
Chicago Vandals Burn Century-Old Bust Of Abraham Lincoln
Vandals burned a century-old bust of Abraham Lincoln, revealing that the violent campaign to scrub America of its Confederate past isn’t about the Confederacy at all.
Meet The Only Woman With Her Name On An Official Declaration Of Independence
Mary Katharine Goddard, patriot and publisher, printed the first Declaration of Independence with signatures, and put her name in history.
5 Reasons Thomas Jefferson Was The Best Founding Father
What better time to celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s greatness than on the Fourth of July? He’s the chief author of the United States’ Declaration of Independence.
Why You Should Read Your Kids The Declaration Of Independence Today
For all their talk of a free society, in England, as throughout Europe, people belong to the state. Not so in America! In America people belong to themselves and it is the state that belongs to the people.
Sen. Mike Lee On The Founders, Social Capital, And The Role Of Government
Senator Mike Lee joins Ben Domenech on The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss his new book about America’s founders.
Interpreting The Founding Fathers’ Political Theory With Thomas West
Hillsdale Professor Thomas G. West joins Federalist Radio to discuss the beliefs at the time of American’s founding and what we can learn from them.
No, The American Founders Were Not Libertarians
A closer look at the Founders’ thought about government shows their political philosophy that culminated in the Constitution was anything but libertarian.
The American Founders Knew A Virtuous Republic Requires Virtuous People
In his new book ‘The Political Theory of the American Founding,’ Thomas G. West argues the founding fathers emphasized natural rights and the need to actively create the moral conditions where freedom could flourish.
The Founders Didn’t Want DC To Be A State, And Neither Does This DC Resident
The Founders wrote in Washington DC’s special status to protect the other states, and American citizens, from federal overreach. We still need that protection.
‘Hamilton’ Succeeds By Recreating The American Founding Myth Sans Slavery
To understand liberals’ sudden admiration for Alexander Hamilton, it helps to consider what they think of the other Founding Fathers.
The American Identity Is Not Just About Ideas, But Also Its People And History
America is no longer a nation in any meaningful sense—because it has neither Europe’s ‘blood and soil’ nationalism, nor a robust ideas-based nationalism.
If You Demand Rights That Aren’t Unalienable, You Don’t Get America
The readily observable fact that we no longer think politically in terms of unalienable rights is a perfect measure of how much we have abandoned the Founders’ vision.
Meet Crispus Attucks, The Black Patriot Who Opposed The Boston Massacre
While many overlook Crispus Attucks’ contribution to American history, he still provides a powerful example of moral courage we should follow.
4 Core American Principles That Can Rejuvenate Our Country
It will take more than walls and jobs to ‘make America great again.’ We need to return to the philosophies that undergirded the American founding.
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