1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (314+ words) But America didn't begin its journey by declaring its independence. Before those 56 men signed the hallowed document, important events had already made independence a reality. By the summer of 1776, America was well on its way. The Declaration of Independence is…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (616+ words) Both authors are highly skilled cultural historians, broadly speaking, but their backgrounds help explain their different interpretations. Birzer's primary focus has been on the history of modern conservative and religious thought, while Auslin was originally trained in East Asian history,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (391+ words) But there are other reasons, too. Intimately connected to the original two, they are the result of my increased appreciation of the importance of an informed citizenry and the benefits, for adults and children alike, of reading aloud. They have…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (628+ words) When Ed Miliband, Cabinet Minister in the UK's Labour Government, gave his speech as leader of the opposition at the party conference in Manchester in 2012, he invoked the legacy of nineteenth-century political giant Benjamin Disraeli (180481). Let us remember what Disraeli…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (191+ words) And, he added, he already had come up with the perfect title for the book: Debacle. With the Declaration we declared ourselves to ourselves, proposing that we were now a distinct people among the peoples of the earth. If we…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (372+ words) Makerfield thus made itself a synecdoche for Britain while the country held its breath. Its voters then told Starmer in no uncertain terms: in the name of God, go! Bray was supposed to be a joke at the expense of…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (235+ words) Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." W. B. Yeats, The Second Coming" (1919) Refusal of the world may open the gates of wisdom, but refusal to acknowledge the humanistic gains of science is mulish and…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (436+ words) Most societies throughout history have been organized around hierarchy, tribe, empire, religion, or centralized authority. Stable constitutional liberty has been the exception, not the rule. None of this means America has ceased to be a free society. It remains vastly…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (111+ words) Amid self-congratulatory commentary on various new-found liberties in our personal lives, we would do well to heed the warnings of our Revolution's first historian. The first published history of the American Revolution made the case for fiscal prudence as a…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (598+ words) Progressives continue to bemoan the Roberts Court's supposed "illegitimacy." But a case they venerate remains the measuring stick for judicial hubris. Step One: The Setup Before there was Obergefell v. Hodges, there was United States v. Windsor. The Defense of Marriage Act…...