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An Indispensable Book for Us
Review of Glenn Ellmers’ book, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America I do not make many recommendations and I …
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Our Motto: Nos Sumus Custodes
Nos Sumus Custodes is the motto of The Vino & Veritas Society. It is Latin for “We are the guardians.” In its simplest meaning, we …
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Privileged Political Class | Opinion
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THANKFUL FOR LESSONS LEARNED BY THE FAILURES OF OTHERS
Each Thanksgiving holiday is a reminder of that famous first thanksgiving feast, in the Fall of 1621, in Plymouth, most about which we know comes …
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SPEAKING TO THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Lincoln’s speech was part of a ceremony dedicating a cemetery created to bury the many dead following the horrific Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). …
Newsweek
Why I'm Voting for Donald Trump | Opinion
As a citizen, a researcher and a teacher, I teach others one of the most important ideas ever discovered by the human mind: the natural …
The Federalist
Progressivism: Just Say No
In July, Bernie Sanders said Joe Biden will be “the most progressive president since FDR.” Few people noticed. Conservatives get riled when they hear “socialism.” …
Newsweek
We Need Supreme Court Justices with Chutzpah
The current attention on Supreme Court nominees and justices—between Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing and some Democrats' threatening an FDR-style court-packing plan—raises an important question: …
The Daily Signal
Greatest Anti-Slavery Movement in History: The American Founding
More than any in living memory, this Independence Day, it’s vitally important that we reflect upon that greatest of all anti-slavery documents, the Declaration of …
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Militarizing the Swamp
Modern liberalism in the United States—meaning the liberalism of Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Lyndon Johnson, and Barack Obama, the liberalism of the Progressive Movement, the New …
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Thankful for Learning the Lessons of Failure
We Americans, today, owe much to the failures of the first Pilgrim (and later Puritan) colonists and the willingness of later generations to learn from …
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#ABOLISHLICENSES Challenge for State Legislators
Many candidates for state legislatures and governorships across the United States talk about scaling back the size, scope, and power of government. Once in office, however, …
The Constitution of the United States of America
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote …
The Declaration of Independence
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary …