Category: American

Is Being Conservative the New Counterculture?

The 1960s brought America a sense of counterculture—the hippies, the anti-Vietnam War movement, bell bottoms, Hendrix, and Joplin. They challenged institutions and values but also had a dystopian consequence to their utopian mission. But today’s counterculture looks different. It looks more like the rebels of 1776, who wanted basic American freedom—something that has been replaced…


American Citizenship: Caught Between Creed and Clan

Commentary Our politics is currently overwhelmed with identity. Rights, votes, participation, all understanding of one’s place in the country is said to be based on one’s “identity.” The one identity that people shy away from is that of the American citizen. Who precisely is this person? The American Constitution speaks in the voice of “We…


Here Are the Jobs Americans Are Quitting Most in the ‘Great Resignation’

A record 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November as part of what economists are calling the “Great Resignation.” But while Americans are quitting their jobs in droves, certain types of jobs are responsible for the lion’s share of departures. The Numbers The latest monthly round of resignations coincided with the discovery of…


Howard Zinn’s Assault on Historians and American Principles

Commentary Recently, Michael Barone heralded a bipartisan refutation of the New York Times’s 1619 Project. As part of “an ongoing battle for control of the central narrative of American history,” Barone noted, the August 2019 Times magazine supplement had made the case for redefining the founding of the United States from 1776 to 1619, when,…


Former Top Trump Adviser: We Tried Stopping America’s Drift Into Socialism

The United States has been sliding into socialism, as the idea grows in popularity among younger generations and in public policy. Yet this is actually not a new phenomenon. According to Kevin Hassett, former chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, this has been something going on for a long time, and the Trump…


American Airlines Launches Rights Issue Plan to Protect $16.5 Billion Tax Benefit

American Airlines Group Inc. said on Wednesday it was seeking shareholder approval for a rights offering plan to avert any hostile takeovers and preserve a $16.5 billion tax benefit, as the industry grapples with the Omicron coronavirus variant. The No. 1 U.S. airline said it had cumulative U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards exceeding $16.5…


American Airlines Taps President Isom as Next CEO

American Airlines Group Inc. CEO Doug Parker will hand over the reins of the No. 1 U.S. airline to president Robert Isom on March 31, the company said on Tuesday, sending its shares up more than 3 percent before the bell. Parker will continue as chairman, while Isom will join the carrier’s board after he…


American Essence: A Heritage Farm

Imagine a company that has been around for as long as the U.S. Capitol, is as old as West Point Academy, and is still family-owned and -operated today. There’s such a farm in Spencerport, New York, conducting business 219 years after its founding. In the beginning, it was a small family farm started by several…


A Heritage Farm

Imagine a company that has been around for as long as the U.S. Capitol, is as old as West Point Academy, and is still family-owned and -operated today. There’s such a farm in Spencerport, New York, conducting business 219 years after its founding. In the beginning, it was a small family farm started by several…


Live Q&A: Tim Barton on Reclaiming the American Story and Providence in US History

The role of divine providence used to be an essential part in the telling of history, yet the beliefs that helped shape America’s history and the stories that demonstrate the character of its people have been slowly omitted. Father-son authors David Barton and Tim Barton set out to document this history in their book “The…