Aesop long ago told the story of the wolf and the dog. The wolf is starving, thin as a rail, when he meets a well-fed, strong dog. When the dog learns the wolf is barely surviving, he invites him to come and live with him on the farm. “You’ll get plenty of food and treats…
New York’s Liberty Pole
In the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War, Boston wasn’t the only scene of intense friction between British soldiers and American colonials. Imperial troops had likewise been stationed in New York. It’s a truism in history that occupying armies, whatever their original intentions, eventually breed resentment from the locals. While Boston had its…
The Founders’ Understanding of Equality
Commentary “All people are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and unalienable rights.” — John Adams We have reached a time when each of us must make an effort to rediscover what Adams and Jefferson and the other Founders meant when they declared that we are all created equal. For over a century,…
1776 Commission Director: Abolishing the Commission Won’t ‘Get Rid of These Principles’
Dr. Matthew Spalding, a professor of constitutional government and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College was interviewed by The Epoch Times’ program American Thought Leaders. He was the executive director of the 1776 Commission, created by executive order by former President Donald Trump. The host of the program, Jan Jekielek, asked…
The Lone Wanderers of the Revolution
Commentary WASHINGTON—Walk toward Anderson House on Massachusetts Avenue, just off Dupont Circle, and the first thing you see is a remarkable bronze of George Washington guarding the entryway. Walk inside and your breath will be nearly taken away by the opulent beauty and all the splendor of the Gilded Age. This was once the winter…
The Data-Driven New World Order
January 21, 2021
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Commentary What’s the most powerful commodity in the world? Gold? Tesla electric vehicle technology? Bitcoin? Oil? Actually, it’s none of these things. As we’re now discovering, care of the Big Tech gang in Silicon Valley, the most valuable commodity in the world today—and for the foreseeable future—is data. In fact, Wired magazine has declared that,…
Who Will Be America’s Next King?
Commentary Jan. 18 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. But I wonder why it’s still a federal holiday. I remember growing up in the ’70s and ’80s when the lead up to MLK Day was filled with lessons at school and programs on television highlighting the footage of the civil rights marches he led, the…
Parler Is Silenced
The social media company Parler—which is a French word meaning “to speak”—was mugged and left for dead by Big Tech last week in what appears to be the start of a cultural offensive aimed at stifling conservative advocacy in our country’s public discourse. I am shocked but not surprised. In my last column in these…
America: A People Pushed Again Toward Revolution
Commentary The American colonists proved their patience with King George III. He proved their patience could run out. It was approximately 12 years between the first act issued by his Highness across the Atlantic and the first shots fired across Lexington and Concord. The King and Parliament had made clear their disdain for the colonists,…
Livelihoods and Liberty Left in the Lurch
Commentary ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Seven years ago, combat veteran Jack Mook was a hard-nosed Pittsburgh detective who stumbled upon two young brothers who showed up intermittently at the boxing gym where he volunteered. The boys were living on the edge of despair: Their birth parents had failed them; their foster parents had failed them; and the…
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