A Declaration of Independence for These Times

Five Challenging Times Presidents Appealed to the Declaration of Independence to Inspire Americans and the World

The Declaration of Independence has been America’s North Star, acting as a guiding light throughout our nation’s history. As I argued in my book, “We Hold These Truths,” leaders have […] The post Five Challenging Times Presidents Appealed to the Declaration of Independence to Inspire Americans and the World appeared first on The Western Journal.

Inalienable Rights In An Age of Tyranny: What Does “Independence” Really Mean This 4th Of July?

by Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project: (The Rutherford Institute) “When a long train of abuses and usurpations… evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government.”—Declaration of Independence (1776) We are now struggling to emerge from the wreckage of a constitutional republic, transformed […]

Along with the ideals it expresses, the Declaration of Independence mourns for something people lost in 1776 − and now, too

The committee assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence, from left: Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and John Adams. Currier & Ives image, photo by MPI/Getty Images by Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino Right around the Fourth of July, Americans pay renewed attention to the country’s crucial founding document, the Declaration … Continued

Why the Declaration of Independence Still Matters

Discover why the Declaration of Independence remains America's most vital document as we approach the nation's 250th anniversary.

A Declaration of Independence for these times

The history of the current President is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute personal Tyranny. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

America Has Always Been a Dangerous Idea

Happy Holiday! Nellie is busy celebrating America’s 249th birthday, but don’t worry: TGIF will be back in your inbox next Friday. In honor of Independence Day, we’re bringing you the latest episode of Breaking History, the podcast where Eli Lake goes back in time in order to make sense of the present. To mark July 4, we’re looking back at the document that began the remarkable experiment of this nation: the Declaration of Independence. You can l…