Founding Fathers Of The United States
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It’s Time to Talk About Our Constitution January 10, 2025
The impending 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence seems like the perfect time to talk about our Constitution--its values, its strengths, its weakness, and, yes, even its potential amendment or revision. A national conversation on the...
This Constitution Day, Let’s Lower the Stakes to Lower the Temperature September 17, 2024
Escalating lawfare sealed the collapse of the Roman Republic after 500 years of extraordinary success. For the last century or so of its existence, the Republic saw dramatic lurches between leading parties, and as each new leader came into office he ...
The Gifts of Our Constitution Are Not Guaranteed and Must be Protected September 17, 2024
The United States is the only nation in the world that is founded on an idea—a shared belief. That idea, the American Dream and the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that underpin it, are enshrined in our Constitution. Today, on C...
The Eternal Meaning of Independence Day July 04, 2024
On July 9, 1858, Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas gave a campaign speech to a raucous throng from the balcony of the Tremont Hotel in Chicago. Abraham Lincoln was in the audience as Douglas prepared to speak. Douglas graciously invited Lincoln to joi...
The Eternal Meaning of Independence Day (2) July 04, 2024
President Calvin Coolidge celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1926, with a speech providing a magisterial review of the history and thought underlying the Declaration...
