For the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Paul Meany examines how ancient and Enlightenment thinkers ultimately influenced ...
As we celebrate the Centennial of the birth of Murray Rothbard, we look at his commentary on the American Revolution, where it promoted liberty and where the ...
On Mar. 2, Yale University history professor and award-winning author Ned Blackhawk gave a remarkable lecture about the American Revolution’s indigenous origins.
As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, NPCA highlights a few of the women who influenced the success of the patriot ...
Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious ...
Ochlocracy. Now, there’s a classic $10 word common from the American founding era that should make a comeback. (But probably ...
What William Grimes wanted John Quincy Adams to know about freedom on the 50th anniversary of the country’s founding ...
In this sense, American democracy functions almost as a covenant passed forward — renewed not by law alone but by example.
Kelly notes that Paine is a somewhat forgotten Founding Father, though most American History courses mention Paine’s Common Sense and The American Crisis, best known for its stirring line “These are ...
The copy of one of the nation's foundational documents almost never sees the light of day. The museum is making an exception ...
From revolutionary arthouse cinema to genre-defining blockbusters, these 10 most influential films of the 1960s changed the course of movie history.
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 the ...