BITCHUTE - The Pillar of Fire
NEWSNATIONNOW (Woody Holton Professor of History, University of South Carolina and The Conversation) - The Declaration of Independence wasn’t really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising facts
Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (David Wurmser) - The New Jerusalem and the New Rome- a journey to discover America’s soul
As the United States celebrates its birthday, no less its quarter-millennium mark, I am driven...
As the United States celebrates its birthday, no less its quarter-millennium mark, I am driven to consider what this nation means from my perspective. And that perspective is shaped by the forces that shaped who I am: my Judaism, the journey of my mother from communist Czechoslovakia, and the mundane life of a young kid growing up in the suburbs of a blue-collar, East Coast American city. An American childhood The late 1960s, when I gained awareness of the society around me, was still a deeply patriotic world in the suburbs. Yes, we saw the images on TV of Vietnam, and we had our moments. I remember sitting on the porch of my parents’ home as a seven-year-old seeing the glow on the horizon as Baltimore burned in the 1968 riots.…Open
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Morgan Wirthlin) - A Republic, if we can keep it
On July 1, 2016, the Maryland State House, the oldest still in legislative use, was...
On July 1, 2016, the Maryland State House, the oldest still in legislative use, was struck by lightning. Smoke billowed from the wood dome, but firefighters found no fire. The lightning rod atop the dome, constructed to Benjamin Franklin’s specifications 208 years prior, safely redirected the current, preserving the historic building. Although Franklin’s inventions1 are valuable, his most significant impact was as a statesman. The only American to sign the Declaration of Independence,2 the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Paris, and the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin was arguably second only—or perhaps equal to—George Washington in influence and equally necessary to victory. He led the development of U.S.…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Sumantra Maitra) - Lamenting Lutyens
Indian postcolonialism and Western populism sometimes converge. The post Lamenting Lutyens appeared first on The American Conservative .
Of all the British imperials to coerce India into modernity, four men—a Welshman, two Englishmen, and a Scot—stand out as the most influential. Contrary to the fantasies of most fevered online onanists, none of them were either military conquerors or plunderers. One was a judge, two were historians, and the last was an architect. Sir William Jones, a Welsh scholar and judge, founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta and modern qualitative and historical research in India. An early historian of Indo-European languages, his efforts led to the foundation of the Journal of the Asiatic Society (his name is still prominently displayed on the cover of the journal ), along with its editor, James Prinsep. Jones and Prinsep were foundational in…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Nicholas Mosvick) - Gordon Wood, the Bard of the American Revolution
The eminent historian died last week. The post Gordon Wood, the Bard of the American Revolution appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Gordon Wood, the Bard of the American Revolution The eminent historian died last week. The preeminent historian of the American Founding, Gordon Wood, died last week as the result of a traffic accident. Wood, a long-time professor at Brown University, had a profound and prolific effect upon the historiography of the American Revolution and the Founding in an academic career spanning six decades. Significantly, he was the first leading historian to emphasize the importance of republican thought and principles, both classical and modern, to 18th-century America, a tradition that later gave way to the totalizing force of equality…Open
AMERICANTHINKER - Jefferson and the Declaration
John Trumball The Declaration of Independence never claimed to plow new ground, but it did an exceptional job of articulating the Enlightenment vision.
THEFEDERALIST (Casey Chalk) - Without The Ancient Greeks, We’d Have No America 250 To Celebrate
We would be foolish (and ungrateful) to overlook the Greeks' wisdom in shaping our own national American heritage.
NYTIMES (Remy Tumin) - Meditating or Rebooting? A Robot Buddhist Monk Comes to Korea.
Gabi, the newest monk at a temple in Seoul, vowed to not overcharge as it seeks enlightenment.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - King Charles Addresses Congress
State of the Union: It was only the second such speech by a British monarch. The post King Charles Addresses Congress appeared first on The American Conservative .
King Charles III of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening, the first such speech from a British monarch in more than 30 years and only the second ever. In his speech, Charles paid tribute to the historic relationship between the U.S. and the UK. He also discussed contemporary issues, defending the importance of NATO and affirming support for Ukraine. Listing similarities between the principles of the Magna Carta, the Enlightenment, and America’s founding documents, Charles observed that the principle of checks and balances had its “foundation” in British law. At a white-tie state dinner later that day, President Donald Trump toasted the “eternal bond” between the two countries and said…Open