The Declaration of Independence Founded a Theistic Republic
Mike Johnson opened his tenure as Speaker of the House with a speech citing the creator God mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. The speech […]
Declaration of Independence
What the Fourth of July Was Not
Our national Fourth of July holiday—currently the nation’s 247th since the first in 1776—marks the birth of the United States. The iconic Declaration of Independence […]
Nationalism Is Not Enough
President Trump’s furious admonition to four extreme leftist members of Congress to educate themselves in the miseries of their ancestral homelands was met with spiteful […]
Memo to Kaepernick: Read More Frederick Douglass
Many observers were quick to correct Colin Kaepernick’s recent selective quoting from Frederick Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” They […]
They Don’t Hate Donald Trump—They Hate You
Fourth of July parades may be banned soon in America. Think I’m joking? Do you remember after the “confederate statues” debate flared up again, President […]
They Don’t Hate Donald Trump—They Hate You
Fourth of July parades may be banned soon in America. Think I’m joking? Do you remember after the “confederate statues” debate flared up again, President […]
Lincoln on the Independence Generation: ‘They Were Iron Men’
Abraham Lincoln delivered this address, which has come to be called “the electric cord” speech, in Chicago on July 10, 1858. Now, it happens that […]
Calvin Coolidge: ‘If All Men Are Created Equal, That Is Final’
The following is an excerpt from Calvin Coolidge’s (lengthy) speech in Philadelphia on July 5, 1926, marking the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. […]
Justice Thomas on the Dynamite That Is Natural Right
If it’s true that “natural right is dynamite,” as political philosopher Leo Strauss wrote, then Justice Clarence Thomas just went nuclear on the abortion debate. […]
Reparations and Diversity Are Not the Path to Equality
The revival of reparations talk signals an opportunity for a serious discussion of the revival of republican self-government or strong citizenship. Instead, we get the […]
The Font of the Constitution’s Authority
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Are You Positive About Natural Right?
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Last Sunday, Edward J. Erler replied to Mark Pulliam […]
The People’s Sovereignty Is the Foundation of Constitutional Law
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How Do You Solve a Problem like AOC?
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] I first noticed something was up in the New […]
A State of the Union 75 Years in the Making: Trump Answers FDR
No mere spectacle, President Trump’s State of the Union address will set the course of his campaign into 2020. The basic divide he sees—whether this […]
The Causes of Steve King’s Moral Relativism
In the course of their public responsibilities and acting on concrete political problems, Congressmen should know better than to ask abstract questions—particularly when in the […]
The Crisis of the Republicans Divided
To understand the Republican Party today, in all its cluelessness, one needs to know what it was when it was founded. One needs to know […]
Character Assassins in the Fake News Media
When Donald Trump refers to the anti-Trump media—CNN, MSNBC and network television—as “fake news,” his description is not only accurate but welcome: finally, a conservative […]
The Timeless Principles of the Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress voted on July 2, 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain and approved the final wording of the Declaration on July 4. […]
Social Compact, American Style
And the “debate” rages on. Mostly in nitpicky and unproductive directions. But a new attack by Robert Tracinski raises the grave and misunderstood question of the social […]