Brenda Hafera is the Assistant Director and Research Fellow for the Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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Where will you go to celebrate America’s birthday? This summer marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, 250 years of demonstrating… Read More
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Around this time of year, parents are starting to think about their summer vacation plans. Where will they take their children to experience natural wonders,… Read More
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James Madison is the Father of our Constitution, and the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at Madison’s Montpelier provides educational programming for teachers,… Read More
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Nothing about America is sacred to some people anymore. Even Thanksgiving is under attack. A group called Truthsgiving recently hosted a night of “truth-telling, music,… Read More
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Critical race theory spread through our institutions by educating the educators. Each teacher then goes on to influence countless students. Unfortunately, certain historic sites and… Read More
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The Albemarle County school district in Virginia has been subjected to two lawsuits related to its implementation of an “anti-racist” curriculum, which one parent said… Read More
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Today, we should come to praise the man who could have been Caesar, in hopes that his deeds will never be buried, but remain first… Read More
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Chloe Cole began taking puberty blockers at 13. She was 15 when she had her breasts surgically removed. At 16, she detransitioned. Now, at the… Read More
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In the past few months, I have written much about James Madison’s Montpelier, our fourth president’s home and now museum. A great deal of my… Read More
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Virginia is for history lovers. George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and James Madison’s Montpelier—a triad of epicenters of our nation’s past—are all within… Read More
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Montpelier, the home of James Madison, has been taken over by the radical left. In the past few months, a battle has been waging between… Read More
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Few authors have influenced society’s ideas about romance more than Jane Austen. The English novelist, born in 1775, lived only to age 41. In her… Read More
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Why are so many cities adopting vaccine passports? Washington, D.C., is the latest to do so but some conservative lawmakers are pushing back. Plus: Reese… Read More
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Almost 225 years ago to the day, Abigail Adams counseled her husband to “Remember the Ladies.” Her tone in their correspondence was playful, yet serious. Treat women… Read More
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Jane Austen fans are loyal. If something claims an Austen affiliation, we will read it, watch it, or buy it. There are dolls, candles, artwork,… Read More
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As a millennial woman, I read Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” for the first time with a sense of familiarity. It was familiar not only because I… Read More
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Feminism has never gotten American women quite right. It has done its best, going through various evolutions and grasping at ideas from abroad. Yet French… Read More
