American history

Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site

^{Scott S. Powell
January 10, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Celebration of the Redemption of America’s Principles

_{Scott S. Powell
January 10, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

Nearly 200 years after the vision expressed in the Declaration of Independence, and nearly 100 years after the bloody Civil War and Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King Jr. answered the call and ultimately sacrificed his life to finish the work he described as making people, “free at last, free at last.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
November 17, 2020
Economics}

A New American Poverty

_{Christopher Rufo
November 17, 2020
Economics}

The new American poverty is not primarily an economic phenomenon – it has become a social, familial and psychological problem that reaches the very foundations of our social order. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
September 21, 2020
Economics}

Defending American Values, and History

_{Christopher Rufo
September 21, 2020
Economics}

In a speech yesterday at the National Archives, President Trump elevated a formerly obscure academic discipline — critical race theory — into a major theme in his campaign for reelection. Read More ›

^{John R. Miller
February 19, 2011
Citizen Leadership}

The Original American Idol

_{John R. Miller
February 19, 2011
Citizen Leadership}

Today we merge Washington’s birthday with the birthdays of other presidents and submerge them all in clothing and appliance sales. But it was not always so. Americans in past centuries celebrated Washington’s birthday as a winter version of the Fourth of July. Americans in Cambridge, Williamsburg, Richmond and Milton, Conn., were already celebrating Washington’s birthday even before the end of Read More ›