Ще не вмерла України
Reading Time: < 1 minute The State Anthem of Ukraine is a prayer and a promise from a people who have persevered over the centuries.
Read More Ще не вмерла УкраїниCategory: LIBERTY
A look at the history and documents that laid the groundwork for the freedoms we have today.
‘Marchons, marchons!’
Reading Time: < 1 minute The French have been singing this anthem since 1792. Free people will fight back in every way they can when despots seek to become their masters.
Read More ‘Marchons, marchons!’Presidents Day
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s officially Washington’s Birthday, squeezing Lincoln off the federal calendar. But it reminds us that presidents are, truly, just people.
Read More Presidents Day‘Inflation’ — The movie
Reading Time: 2 minutes MGM made FDR’s 1942 Fireside Chat on inflation into a propaganda short. The devil is still in the details.
Read More ‘Inflation’ — The movieThe two faces of Honest Abe
Reading Time: < 1 minute Abraham Lincoln had two faces: A gentle, humorous right side and a “primitive” left side. Doctors explain why.
Read More The two faces of Honest AbeThe wrong side of history
Reading Time: < 1 minute Writers often have to decide which is more important: literal accuracy or historical truth. Screenwriter Tony Kushner said he had his reasons.
Read More The wrong side of history“Vive la démocratie!”
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are chilling similarities between 1942 and 2022, both in Europe and in the Pacific. Here, too. “I bet they’re asleep in New York. I bet they’re asleep all over America.”
Read More “Vive la démocratie!”Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Reading Time: 2 minutes The slain civil rights leader’s legacy remains controversial, even today. But I admire his vision. We should concentrate on things that bring us together.
Read More Martin Luther King’s BirthdayA victory for religious liberty
Reading Time: 2 minutes This Sunday is Religious Freedom Day. This is the story of one family’s two-year battle to worship as they pleased in colonial New Netherlands.
Read More A victory for religious liberty