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Allegories of Benjamin Franklin
by Louis Arthur NortonIt is common for nations to search for heroes to emulate a lofty standard for their citizens. Benjamin Franklin may be unique in that...
READ MOREIt is common for nations to search for heroes to emulate a lofty standard for their citizens. Benjamin Franklin may be unique in that...
READ MOREBOOK REVIEW: Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics by H. W. Brands. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 2023....
READ MOREDid Thomas Paine actively write against the American cause after emigrating from England in late 1774 and only opportunistically pretend to support the cause?...
READ MOREOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Raphael Corletta about his recent article on the contrast between Thomas Jefferson's "Empire of...
READ MOREAs 1776 was ending, a group of about 225 American prisoners was released from the British prisons in New York City to be sent...
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