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By James D. Best

Were Independence Day celebrations always so bright and noisy? Pretty much.

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By Scott S. Powell

Inasmuch as the Founding Fathers and Lincoln were all willing to give their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to establish and save the nation, how should Americans now think about their obligations?

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By Armando Simon

Success or failure? Here is your answer.

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By Robin M. Itzler

At this crucial time in our history, we cannot forget Reagan’s warning that “The person who agrees with you 80% of the time is an 80% friend, not a 20% enemy.”

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By William R. Hawkins

History is the experience of people tackling challenges from which we learn what works and what does not. 

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By John Perry

These two countries have gone in very different directions since 1976. What will become of them now?

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By J.B. Shurk

Independence was not guaranteed.

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By Matt Kane

The most unapologetically pro-America president in American history gets to preside over arguably the most celebratory term in our nation’s storied history.

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By Lars Møller

Traditionally, we like to celebrate genius and indulge in romantic fantasies about the source of special insights, but overlook personal suffering as a companion.

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By Michael Applebaum

In the last several decades, we’ve traveled from the long-standing belief in earned opportunity to fulfill individual dreams to passively expected entitlements.

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By John Smith

How Iraq’s Elaf Islamic Bank may be testing the limits of American sanctions.

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By Jim Cardoza

Individual liberty is not mankind’s default condition. It is civilization’s rarest achievement.

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By Charlton Allen

In July 1776, Congress proclaimed independence—and George Washington prepared an army to defend it.

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By Meda Parameswara Reddy

Joe Biden was a paradox, for he both honored and flagrantly disrespected the institutions he served.

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By Stephen M. Astrachan

There is a tale of deep antagonism here, and it must be addressed.

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By J.B. Shurk

National self-sufficiency beats globalism’s mass dependency.

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By David DeMay

The Hare Economy reorganizes the candy factory.

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By David E. Firester

The moral worth of a person, movement, or nation is not determined by how little power it appears to possess. It is determined by what it does with whatever power it has.

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By J. Robert Smith

As the 250th anniversary of our declaring independence from British tyranny nears, what’s affirmed is that America is preordained to be the battleground between liberty and tyranny -- whatever the stripe.

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By Joseph Ford Cotto

Yes, they failed on birthright citizenship, but this is still a major win.