Reagan on Lincoln

  Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.  In 1987, President Reagan said: This is Lincoln’s greatest lesson, this lesson in liberty. He understood that the idea of human liberty is bound up in the very nature of our nation. He understood that...

Sacred Honor

“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” #July4th 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/8qE3ib9KJF — Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) July 4,...

Natural Rights

 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. President Biden  yesterday in Buffalo: White supremacy is...

1619 or 1776?

So does America’s origin story lie in 1619 (the arrival of slavery) or 1776 (the Declaration)? At RealClear Public Affairs, S. Adam Seagrave argues for the latter: We know that Jefferson lived far downstream of 1619. His livelihood and self-image depended...