Liberty
The Woke Left As the New Puritans
Yuval Levin explores at National Review Online a recent comparison between the woke left and a religious group from America’s past. Critics of the rigid and imperious ideological extremism of…
Puritans
subclass of English Reformed Protestants
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Is It Censorship or Accountability?
“Did you have a version of cancel culture when you were growing up?” he asked me. My 15-year-old son looked at me, waiting for my answer as we sat at a…
Liberty
Problems with the Perpetual Emergency
Fred Bauer writes for City Journal about the impact of an ongoing COVID-inspired emergency. When John Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans that they were about to enter a “community of…
Liberty
The Pilgrims’ enduring legacy promoted
Joshua Lawson writes for the Federalist about the Pilgrims’ ongoing significance in today’s America. During the last month, contributors to The Federalist’s 1620 Project have demonstrated the resounding influence and…
Law & Public Safety
The Mayflower Compact’s enduring value
Joseph Loconte highlights at National Review Online the continuing relevance of a four-century-old document. In his famous Leviathan, the 17th-century theorist Thomas Hobbes argued that members of a political society…
Research Brief
Education
Restoring Humane Virtues In Students’ Thanksgiving Lessons
In recent years, public school teachers have been encouraged to address conflicts between colonists and American Indians in their Thanksgiving Day lessons. For educators who choose to deliver a lesson…
Liberty
Reading a classic
Casey Chalk urges Federalist readers to make at least one resolution this new year: Read The Iliad with your kids. There are many reasons — its cultural influence, its conservatism,…
Research Brief
Education
Thanksgiving in the Public Schools
You may remember celebrating Thanksgiving by tracing your hand to create the outline of a turkey and hearing the story of the harvest meal celebrated by Pilgrims and American Indians…
Liberty
Government Ought Protect Us from Danger, Not Foist It upon Us
I boycotted the Buncombe County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday because I respect my mind too much to turn into this horrible monkey that writes about that which offends Puritans and Victorians.…
Liberty
You might be a progressive if……
If you think it’s bad when a company just starts doing business with willing customers without first getting government approval. That is the case with regard to Uber in Little…
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National Review highlights the AP U.S. history controversy
Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center shares with National Review readers details of the current controversy surrounding changes to Advanced Placement U.S. history classes. The College Board,…
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King Puritan thinks he’s banned his way into heaven
And my heaven will be a big heaven And I will walk through the front door. — Peter Gabriel, “Big Time” Former New York City Mayor Michael “Arbitrary and Capricious”…