The Moral Foundation of America
The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s worth preserving.
Ideas
Whose Independence?
The question of what Jefferson meant by “all men” has defined American law and politics for too long.
The Insurrection Problem
Violence has marred the American constitutional order since the founding. Is it inevitable?
Secrets of a Radical Duke
How a lost copy of the Declaration of Independence unlocked a historical mystery
Trump’s Plan to Finally End the Gaza War
How far is the president willing to go to achieve his promised peace in the Middle East?
Bari Weiss Still Thinks It’s 2020
She co-founded The Free Press as a bastion of liberalism in an illiberal time. Her arrival at CBS is paved with excuses for illiberal friends.
Pam Bondi, Loyal Servant
At a congressional oversight hearing yesterday, the attorney general followed her north star: pleasing the president.
The Black Loyalists
Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.
Why Did Benjamin Franklin’s Son Remain Loyal to the British?
One of the most influential and ardent Patriots couldn’t persuade his son to join the Revolution.
What We Learned Filming The American Revolution
The co-directors of the new PBS series describe how they made a documentary about a war distant in time and shrouded in myth.