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Commentary: The Federalist Papers and ‘The Violence of Faction’

December 27, 2020December 25, 2020 Admin

It has been said that the oldest word in American politics is “new.” Even the United States Constitution, by far the oldest written constitution in the world, was once new, and had to be defended against charges that it was an unnecessary and unrepublican innovation. The Federalist was keenly aware of the novelty of the Constitution’s enterprise—the attempt to establish “good government from reflection and choice”—but boldly turned it to account.

Commentary: Reason, Emergencies, and Self-Government

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020 Admin

As panic over the COVID-19 virus has gripped the country, the alarm has made it possible for many government officials to advance agendas that portend permanent accretions of power to themselves and diminution of others’ freedoms.

Seventeen Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Tyranny, Liberty, and Rights

January 19, 2020January 18, 2020 Admin

Americans remember Benjamin Franklin as one of our founders. That is fitting because he was not just our most famous citizen at our country’s birth, but he was also so much a central part of that birth that he has been called “The First American.”

Commentary: What the Founders Actually Thought About Slavery

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Admin

One of the ironies of the current American “elite” is that, rather than actually being elite, they have the smug self-assurance of knowing much that isn’t so.

Commentary: Americans Have Almost Entirely Forgotten Their History

December 12, 2019December 11, 2019 Admin

In America, we celebrate democracy and are justifiably proud that this nation was founded on the idea that the people should rule.

Commentary: What Our Founders Really Thought of Slavery—and Why The New York Times Is Wrong

September 29, 2019September 28, 2019 Admin

For those who want to fundamentally transform our nation, the first order of business is to thoroughly discredit our past.

American Inventor Series: Benjamin Franklin, American Printer

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

Before anything else, Benjamin Franklin was a printer. It’s difficult to imagine now, but printing was a strenuous trade in Franklin’s time, requiring late hours, heavy lifting of various lead types, and long shifts operating the manual presses. Franklin, however, loved to read, which suited him well in his career as a printer.

Neil McCabe from OANN Talks to the Tennessee Star Report About Liberals’ Disdain for the Law

August 21, 2019August 20, 2019 Julie Carr

On Tuesday’s Tennessee Star Report with Steve Gill and Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 am – Gill and Leahy spoke with weekly special guest and former Breitbart colleague, Iraq war veteran and current Army Reserve Sergeant Neil McCabe.

Commentary: Fight the Denigration of American History

November 17, 2018November 17, 2018 Admin

by Michael Finch American history is everywhere under attack. The recent skirmishes started with the campaign to remove Confederate statues, but it surely won’t end there. As our betters in America’s universities want us to know, the whole of American history is suspect. In our media, in the popular…

JC Bowman Commentary: Celebrate Constitution Day

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018 JC Bowman

Our founding principles are critical as our country moves forward, if we are to survive as a nation. It is one area in which Americans are likely to find agreement. We celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th every year.

Can Political Freedom Exist Without Virtue? America’s Founders Didn’t Think So

July 1, 2018June 30, 2018 Admin

by Becky Akers America’s Founding Fathers were a contentious lot, disagreeing about everything from the need for a Bill of Rights to the merits of skinny-dipping “near the Bridge … whilst …Ladies of the first fashion in the neighbourhood, are passing over it…” But they spoke unanimously on one…

Commentary: The Turbulent True History of the ‘Good Ole Days’ of Politics

June 29, 2018June 28, 2018 Admin

by Jeffery A. Rendall It’s only natural in times of political turmoil – like what we’re experiencing now and for as long as I can remember – that people harken back to yesteryear for a more tranquil period when everyone got along swimmingly and went out for drinks after…

Texas School District Considering Renaming Schools Honoring Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson Over Slavery Debate

September 19, 2017September 18, 2017 Admin

Ben Franklin’s face graces U.S. currency, but Texas officials may soon remove his name from one middle school over a “connection to Confederacy.” Dallas Independent School District is conducting an investigation into numerous schools in the wake of a national debate over monuments and historical figures associated with slavery. The…

Commentary: Founding Fathers’ Lessons Will Disappear If Not Taught

July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 Tennessee Star Staff

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” These are among the most famous words from the Declaration of Independence, a document drafted…