Category: Patriotism
We’re All Muckrakers Now ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Today, Theodore Roosevelt prompts us to ask the same question he raised over a century ago in his speech “The Man with the Muck-Rake”: How do we devote our attention to society’s problems without allowing them to devour us? Our survival in the Information… Continue Reading “We’re All Muckrakers Now ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Why is free speech something you can be murdered for in Western Europe?
Shortly after the most recent, gruesome terror attack in France, security expert Eric Delbecque said, “Freedom of expression should not live under house arrest.” A history teacher, Samuel Paty, had been stabbed and beheaded near his school for showing his middle school students caricatures… Continue Reading “Why is free speech something you can be murdered for in Western Europe?”
What a Leading Conservative Says About Social Media’s Censorship
Brent Bozell, head of the Media Research Center, discusses censoship by Twitter and Facebook of reporting on Hunter Biden. — Read on http://www.dailysignal.com/2020/10/20/what-this-leading-conservative-has-to-say-about-social-medias-censorship/
What Is Patriotic Education? ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Patriotic education is less about the specific curricular concepts that are featured in American history classes, and more about a philosophical stance that informs our approach, one full of explicit values and assumptions. It involves an audacious faith in America and tells the whole… Continue Reading “What Is Patriotic Education? ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
British Surrender at Saratoga: Turning Point of the American Revolutionary War ~ The Imaginative Conservative
On October 17, 1777, with his troops surrounded and vastly outmanned, British General John Burgoyne surrendered. The final battle of Saratoga was a major defeat for the British and word of British surrender further rallied troops in the Continental Army and the Militias. Although… Continue Reading “British Surrender at Saratoga: Turning Point of the American Revolutionary War ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
“The World Turned Upside Down” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
According to American legend, the British army band under Lord Cornwallis played “The World Turned Upside Down”—a protest song against Parliament’s outlawing of traditional English Christmas celebrations—when they surrendered after the Siege of Yorktown… (listen here) — Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/10/the-world-turned-upside-down.html
The Birth of the United States Navy ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The United States Navy celebrates October 13, 1775 as its birthday because that is the date on which the Continental Congress officially authorized the funding of two ships to interdict British forces. Over the course of the Revolutionary War, more than 50 Continental vessels… Continue Reading “The Birth of the United States Navy ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
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