Most Americans recognize a few of the Founding Fathers—Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Adams, Franklin—but what about some of the important but forgotten men who have been lost to time? They have great stories that need to be told. Here are ten whose fantastic lives are in many ways better than fiction.
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Last week, Virginia removed the statue of Robert E. Lee, a national historic landmark that stood for over a century in Richmond. The same statue Douglas S. Freeman saluted every day while he was working on his monumental study of the man. “New Virginia” doesn’t deserve Lee. This was destined to happen, particularly since some “conservatives” have joined the chorus for taking down Confederate monuments. …more
We know Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate isn’t constitutional. Joe Biden knows it isn’t constitutional. But that didn’t stop him from telling OSHA–yes, OSHA because this is an occupational safety hazard–to issue the mandate to private companies with over 100 employees while the USPS, Congress, and his staff aren’t required to get the vaccine. It also led to the usual barrage of Twitter lawyers to point …more
People might think it’s counterproductive to keep debating the importance of John C. Calhoun to the American political tradition. It’s not. The Straussians are troubled by Calhoun. This has led to people like Hugh Hewitt calling Calhoun an “evil” person and the reason America went off the rails. Larry Arn, President of Hillsdale College, agrees. Just listen to this interview from July. This is nothing …more
