Category: American history
Chronological Snobs and the Founding Fathers
C.S. Lewis coined the term “Chronological Snobbery” to describe the condition of “uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to…
A Nation That Can’t Explain 1776 Urgently Needs a Civic Education Revival
Why did the United States of America declare its independence from England in 1776? If you know the answer to…
When Common Sense Went Viral
Two hundred fifty years ago on January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published his influential pamphlet, Common Sense. In today’s words,…
A Neglected Colonial Era Polymath, Manasseh Cutler
Our nation, arising out of the American Revolution, was blessed with a disproportionate number of leaders with extraordinary accomplishments in…
The Real First Thanksgiving Happened In Virginia Two Years Before The Pilgrims
It was English settlers in Virginia, not Pilgrims in New England, who observed America’s first Thanksgiving.
Justice Gorsuch: ‘The Greatest Danger America Faces Today’ Is ‘Itself’
‘Thomas Jefferson said an ignorant people will never remain free for long, and he’s right,’ Justice Gorsuch said.
Armistice Day on the Western Front and in Russia
World War I ended in Russia on March 3, 1918, with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The signatories…
