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
Politics
February 27, 2026
Civitas Outlook
The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day
Parents have an affirmative obligation to reinforce patriotic values and counter the narratives that are taught in school.
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February 26, 2026
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The Conserving Force of Lawyers in American Democracy
The Competing Tensions in America's Middle East Policy
The Children of Men
The Civis in Civic Architecture
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated
The Changing Calculus of Power in the Middle East
The Burden of Debt and the Gift of Work
The Case Against Birthright Citizenship
The Bills are Piling High for States
The Art of the Political Biography
The Arrival of Legal Traditionalism
The Academic “Resistance” Decries Government Interference