Unlike other abolitionists, though, Douglass never lost his faith in the American Founding. Indeed, he believed that the fundamental premises of our republic were the very principles that could save her from this moral crisis.
Michael Lucchese
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February 27, 2026
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Parents have an affirmative obligation to reinforce patriotic values and counter the narratives that are taught in school.
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The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day
American Immortals
The Start-Up Paradox: The Coming Red Shift in Innovation
Norman Podhoretz: American Patriot, Faithful Jew, and Indomitable Defender of Civilization
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum
America’s Roundabout Revolution
The Administrative State’s Sludge
The Roberts Court Invokes Congress and the Constitution
Slavery and the Republic
When Duvall Played Stalin
When Vanity Leads to Impropriety
Retracing a Catastrophe: Lessons from Solzhenitsyn’s The Red Wheel