American Founders

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The purpose of good government has never been stated more clearly and succinctly than in the Declaration of Independence. Government exists to secure the “Safety and Happiness” of the people.

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The Problem of Nationalism

Dec 9

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The 1619 Project’s Outrageous, Lying Slander of Abe Lincoln

Mar 5, 2020 2 min read

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Allen C. Guelzo, Ph.D.

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A Constitution Day Address Rod J. Rosenstein

Dec 8, 2017 26 min read

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Thomas Jefferson: America’s Philosopher Statesman Dorothea Wolfson, PhD

May 19, 2017 23 min read

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Alexander Hamilton and American Foreign Policy Carson Holloway, Ph.D.

Sep 15, 2015 42 min read

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The Defense of an Energetic and Limited Government Carson Holloway, Ph.D.

Aug 7, 2015 About an hour read

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Poverty and Welfare in the American Founding Thomas G. West, Ph.D.

May 19, 2015 25 min read

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The True Origin of Society: The Founders on the Family Scott Yenor, Ph.D.

Oct 16, 2013 39 min read

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James Madison: Father of the Constitution Colleen Sheehan, Ph.D

Apr 8, 2013 16 min read

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Interposition and the Heresy of Nullification: James Madison and the Exercise... Christian G. Fritz, Ph.D.

Feb 21, 2012 41 min read

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