Tidings of Great Joy

Tidings of Great Joy

At the time of the American founding, celebrations of Christmas in America varied widely, from Puritans and Quakers who shunned or ignored it, to other Protestants and Catholics who honored it in their own Christian ways, to those who spent the day in "riot and dissipation," like an ancient Roman Saturnalia. But E Pluribus Unum—out of many one—was the American motto on the Great Seal, and over the generations, out of many ways of celebrating or ignoring Christmas, came a recognizably American way.

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Resolution

Resolution

Often our New Year's resolutions are lighthearted, and usually, the flesh being weak, they are fleeting. Before Valentine's Day or maybe even before Epiphany, we have slipped back into our old ways. B...

27 Des 20228min

All of You on the Good Earth

All of You on the Good Earth

President Kennedy told a special joint session of Congress that it was "time for a great new American Enterprise."

13 Des 20228min

Pearl Harbor and the Art of Politics

Pearl Harbor and the Art of Politics

December 7, 2021 is the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into World War II. It is one of many days in the American year that inspire reflection on the most ...

6 Des 20227min

Andy Ngo

Andy Ngo

After the American defeat in Vietnam in 1975, the communists confiscated the homes, businesses, property, and savings of those south Vietnamese supposed to be "counterrevolutionaries." Hundreds of tho...

29 Nov 20227min

Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Josepha Hale was born in New Hampshire in 1788. In an era when the average American life expectancy was forty years, she lived until 1879—91 years—and has been remembered by posterity primarily ...

22 Nov 20227min

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

What makes Gettysburg America's most hallowed ground? A delegation of Russian historians at the height of the Cold War seemed to know, when American historians had forgotten.

15 Nov 20226min

One More for Chesty

One More for Chesty

"Chesty" Puller was a Marine's Marine. To this day, in Marine Corps boot camp, recruits are exhorted, "Do one more for Chesty! Chesty Puller never quit!" His combat service record is astonishing: he i...

8 Nov 20227min

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