History

A portrait of the great 19th-century intellectual who held that “Reason is the light, the sun, of the brain . . . the compass of the mind, the ever-constant Northern Star.”

Frederick Douglass’s speech on the virtues of “men who are what they are, without the aid of any favoring conditions by which other men usually rise in the world and achieve great results.”

Examines the development of Douglass's view of what, in principle, an individual must do in order to live as a free, independent human being.

RooseveltCare makes clear that resolving the debt crisis by ending the entitlement state is imperative both morally and practically.

Even after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, many Americans held that the colonies would reconcile peacefully with Britain. Paine explained otherwise.

General John Stark did more than help America win the Revolutionary War. He was an exemplar of that quintessential American virtue: independence.

The Boston Tea Party and being “merry . . . at the idea of making so large a cup of tea for the fishes.”

The story of William Wilberforce is a gift to all who fight for freedom. It’s a reminder of the virtue of perseverance in righting wrongs.

Today in 1787, Alexander Hamilton published the first of the Federalist essays, which helped secure ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Thomas Jefferson, whatever his flaws, was an intellectual giant whose key ideas lit up the world and still guide us today. Were it not for him, our world would be less bright, less free.