How to Honor the Constitution on Her Birthday
For my birthday, my neighbors hold events listing my faults and describing how I should do better.…
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North Carolina’s Sparks That Lit the American…
By the late 1760s, North Carolina was a smoldering tinderbox of conflict. Elected officials…
Calvin Coolidge’s Speech for America 150
Welcome to the seventh in our series, Landmark Speeches in American History. We are celebrating…
North Carolina on the Eve of the Revolutionary War
Understanding North Carolina before 1776 helps explain the crucial but often overlooked role it…
When Virtue Signaling Replaces Character
It has never been easier to feel virtuous without making much of an effort. Put pronouns in an email…
A Win in Philadelphia for America’s Founders
RealClearWire—On July 15, the National Park Service hung new interpretive signs at the President’s…
What Should the Smithsonian Do?
A recent White House report put the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History under fire.…
Time for a Renaissance of Public Service
America has no shortage of critics. What it increasingly lacks are American citizens willing to step…
The Founders Would Have Been Keyboard Warriors
RealClearWire—If America’s Founding Fathers were still with us today, they wouldn’t avoid social…
Why I’m Singing for America at 250
On this Independence Day, by invitation of the White House Task Force 250, I will stand on the main…
Abraham Lincoln and America 250
The debates between Abraham Lincoln and Sen. Stephen Douglas not only rank amongst America’s…
Reclaiming the Exceptionalism That Built the Greatest…
RealClearWire—As fireworks light the sky this July Fourth and we mark the 250th anniversary of…
For America 250, Remember That True Freedom Requires…
Freedom is a word that is too easily thrown around. America was built on freedom. The colonists’…
Patriotism Is in Peril. We Need to Fix That.
The World Cup has led to many displays of patriotism from European visitors to the United States.…
America 250’s Top 6 Classic Books
“The Heritage Guide to Historic Sites” pinpoints and evaluates notable places like battlefields,…
It’s Independence Day, Not ‘the Fourth of July’
Most Americans think nothing of calling our nation’s birthday “the Fourth of July.” But I learned…
