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Happy Mother’s Day, from All American Women
It’s all too easy for each rising generation to fall into the trap of thinking that history started when it came of age. As the… Read More
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PBS Constitutional Road Trip: Smooth Ride with a Few Bumps
This week, PBS premiered part one of a four-part series on the Constitution. In it, Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,… Read More
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Women’s Suffrage and America’s First Principles
One hundred years ago this week, 5,000 women marched for women’s suffrage in Washington, D.C. The goal was to “give expression to the nation-wide demand… Read More
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Morning Bell: George Washington’s Example on Religious Liberty
Instead of celebrating George Washington’s birthday, today we’ve lumped him in together with no-names including Millard Fillmore and William Henry Harrison as we celebrate a… Read More
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Frederick Douglass: America’s Valentine
Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to eat chocolate or dote on freshly delivered red roses. Oh, and to celebrate the 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass…. Read More
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The Legend of Abraham Lincoln: Fact or Fiction?
Representative Joe Courtney (D–CT) recently penned an open letter to the man who wrote the movie Lincoln. The film depicts a divided Connecticut state congressional… Read More
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Presidential Speeches Quiz: Who Said It?
Barack Obama has compared himself to many Presidents. First he ran as Abraham Lincoln reincarnated. He even appealed to the spirit of Ronald Reagan. Then… Read More
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Will Obamacare Go the Way of Prohibition?
Steve Benen on MSNBC’s “The Maddow Blog” dismisses congressional efforts to repeal all or parts of Obamacare and admonishes conservatives to get with the program…. Read More
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2012 Year in Review: A Wild Year for Conservatism
By now you’ve probably seen the TV specials and glossy magazines reviewing major highlights of the past year. There are still a few days left… Read More
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Lincoln: The Movie, the Man
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln debuts in Washington, D.C., this week. It features a stellar cast: Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Sally Field, and Daniel Day-Lewis as… Read More
The Heritage Guide to the Electoral College
Abigael Evans should be happy. She’s the four-year-old who’s so sick of the election that she cried. Her tears went viral. It should all be… Read More
Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism
Barack Obama calls himself a “progressive” or “liberal,” and we should take him at his word. He had the distinction of being the most liberal… Read More
5 Myths About Voting
Last night, the presidential candidates wrestled with questions from ordinary Americans. Next week, they will debate foreign policy. Alas, for some viewers, these exchanges come… Read More
Christopher Columbus: American Icon?
Columbus Day is an unusual American holiday. It doesn’t commemorate a President or a great American statesman. Christopher Columbus found North America, but he didn’t… Read More
Nice Try, But Lincoln Wasn’t the Father of Big Government
There you go again, Mr. President: invoking Abraham Lincoln as the father of big government. “[A]s Abraham Lincoln understood, there are also some things we… Read More
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The Forgotten Constitution
Today is Constitution Day. It’s not a federal holiday, and that’s fitting. After all, for 225 years now, the Constitution has not taken a day… Read More
10 Steps to Save the Constitution
Constitution Day is next Monday, September 17. It will mark the 225th anniversary of our nation’s founding charter. Much like the document itself, Constitution Day… Read More
We All “Belong to” the Government?
The city of Charlotte’s convention motto this week is “We make it possible.” And who is this “we”? Here’s the host committee’s answer: “Government is… Read More
Why Does MSNBC Want to Go Backwards?
Who knew that telling people they have rights would be so controversial? In his nationally televised address Wednesday night, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) reminded Americans… Read More
Morning Bell: Political Convention Drama Begins
This week’s Republican National Convention is already experiencing its own drama thanks to Tropical Storm Isaac, which has postponed most of the events until tomorrow…. Read More
Women’s Gymnastics and the Fairness Olympics
Today, 24 young women will defy gravity on vault, uneven bars, beam, and floor, vying for the gold medal in the women’s all around artistic… Read More
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From “Yes We Can” to “No, You Didn’t”
In 2008, Barack Obama promised hope and change. “Yes We Can,” he and his supporters shouted. Now we learn that “we” meant government. The American… Read More
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Celebrating Self-Government
Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate with fireworks and barbeques and John Philip Sousa. Then we return to our regularly scheduled lives. But this Independence… Read More
Silent Cal: The Declaration’s Great Defender
America’s birthday is also that of Calvin Coolidge, the only President to be born on the Fourth of July. This is altogether fitting, as the… Read More
What’s the Limit on Congress’s Power to Tax?
The Supreme Court on Thursday introduced lawmakers to a new Obamacare. The justices held that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause… Read More
The Founders’ Individual Mandate?
Once, Obamacare’s defenders were certain the Supreme Court would uphold the individual mandate requiring every citizen to purchase health insurance. Then came the oral argument…. Read More
How Pure Is Your Democracy?
How would you rewrite the Constitution? The Daily Show writer Kevin Bleyer did that for his latest book Me the People, and he invited readers… Read More
How Political Parties Almost Ruined the Constitution
The Constitution is for sale. No, really. Christie’s in New York will auction off George Washington’s 223-year-old copy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights next… Read More
The Tyranny of Conservative Cliches
In his latest book, The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas, Jonah Goldberg argues that liberals hide their ideology behind… Read More
Commencing Liberalism: LBJ Launches the Great Society
It’s commencement time again: rows of folding chairs, the polyester cap and gown, a dozen of your closest relatives listening intently for your name, and… Read More
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