Brenda Hafera

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Brenda Hafera is the assistant director and senior policy analyst with the Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

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    Abraham Lincoln and America’s Electric Cord

    Brenda Hafera
    The debates between Abraham Lincoln and Sen. Stephen Douglas not only rank amongst America’s landmark speeches but could be a primer for political philosophy students. In campaigning against one another, the rising statesman and elder politician tackled some of the most essential questions of morality and politics. What does it mean to be human? To…
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    This Is America: Introducing the Heritage Guide to Historic Sites

    Brenda Hafera
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    Why the American Colonists Rebelled

    Brenda Hafera
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    What We as Americans Can Learn From Historic Sites

    Brenda Hafera
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    The National Park Service Is Still Promoting Gender Ideology, Alfred Kinsey

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    Why Is Marxism—But Not Madison—Being Taught at Montpelier?

    Brenda Hafera | Zack Smith
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    Why Radicals Want to Sully Thanksgiving

    Brenda Hafera
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    Something’s Queer at Colonial Williamsburg

    Brenda Hafera
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    Did Southern Poverty Law Center and James Madison Museum Team Up to Put ‘Anti-racist’ Curriculum in Virginia Schools?

    Brenda Hafera
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    Presidents Day Reflections on George Washington’s American Character

    Brenda Hafera
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    Former Trans Teen Launches Organization to Support Detransitioners

    Virginia Allen | Brenda Hafera
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    What I Noticed Was Missing at James Madison’s Montpelier Home

    Brenda Hafera
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    Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier Backed by Southern Poverty Law Center

    Brenda Hafera
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    The ‘Woke’ Takeover of James Madison’s Montpelier

    Brenda Hafera
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    What Jane Austen Can Teach Us About Dating and Romance Today

    Virginia Allen | Mary Margaret Olohan | Brenda Hafera
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    Reese Witherspoon’s Daughter Is Wrong About Gender Being ‘Whatever’

    Brenda Hafera | Lauren Evans