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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Pursuit of Happiness
February 26, 2026
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McDougall's Wiser View of American History
Make the Law Moral but Not Yet
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MacIntyre’s Post-Postliberal Godchildren
Mahmoud v. Taylor and the Clash of Orthodoxies
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Liberalism's Infidelities
Let the National Institutes of Health Delegate Medical Research to Private Foundations
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