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Julia: Obama’s American Woman
Meet Obama’s ideal woman. Her name is Julia. As told by Obama’s latest ad campaign, Julia’s parents didn’t teach her the alphabet or how to… Read More
Articles by Julia Shaw
Now Online: The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
The Constitution made a comeback these past few years. In 2009, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) replied to a question about the constitutionality of Obamacare… Read More
D.C. Votes, but Not for a Representative
Today is primary day in Washington, D.C. Don’t expect a heated battle for Senator or Representative, though. D.C. does not have those offices. That’s because… Read More
James Madison: Father and Defender of the Constitution
George Washington has a monument; Jefferson has a memorial; and even James Buchanan has a spot in Washington, D.C., dedicated to his legacy. But there’s… Read More
Another Congressman Doesn’t See What the Constitution Has to Do with Obamacare?
Before Obamacare became the law of the land, members of Congress could not escape the question: Does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact… Read More
Lincoln: The Father of Big Government?
To sell his tax-code tweaks, new regulatory schemes, and insatiable ardor for big government, President Obama invoked Abraham Lincoln in his State of the Union… Read More
What Were Ronald Reagan’s Achievements?
February 6 is Ronald Reagan’s birthday. While the right has long looked to Reagan as the standard-bearer of conservative leadership, over the past few years,… Read More
Not All Equality is Equal: What Does Equality Mean?
People are obsessed with equality (or the lack thereof) these days. Outraged about inequality of income, the self-described 99 percent took to urban camping to… Read More
Is the Supreme Court Obliged to Follow Its Own Precedents?
Certain Supreme Court cases haunt the American people. When particular issues land on the Court’s docket, some Americans proclaim that, of course, the Court will… Read More
Did the Founders Support Free-Market Capitalism?
Free-market capitalism is losing supporters these days. Wall Street occupiers blame banks, financial firms, and Wall Street for the bad economy. President Obama derides free… Read More
What Is the Separation of Powers?
This week, President Obama made several recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But here’s the catch: The… Read More
Are Human Rights the Same as Natural Rights?
In recognition of the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, President Obama proclaimed this week Human Rights Week. Americans know a… Read More
So You Think You Know Your Rights?
It seems people think that they have a right to everything these days: a right to the Internet, to free health care, to a good… Read More
President Obama’s New Model: Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism Speech
Yesterday, Barack Obama became the second President to use a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, as an opportunity to take on the mantle of a previous… Read More
How Can America Be Just If It Didn’t Abolish Slavery Right Away?
On this December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment was adopted and slavery was abolished. There has always been intense debate about the existence of slavery… Read More
Bureaucrats Gone Wild: Will Congress REIN in the Administrative State?
Next week, Congress will have an opportunity to bring much-needed oversight to America’s regulatory process by voting for the aptly named REINS Act (Regulations from… Read More
All I Want for Christmas… The Top 10 First Principles Books
You camped out by Best Buy for Black Friday, perused the neighborhood shops on Small Business Saturday, crashed the computer on Cyber Monday, but still… Read More
The True Meaning of Thanksgiving
This Thursday, millions of families will celebrate Thanksgiving with roasted turkey, buttery mashed potatoes, and (with only a slight amount of guilt) another piece of… Read More
Who, under the Constitution, Makes Foreign Policy?
In less than five days, GOP candidates will meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss national security and foreign policy. This first-ever presidential debate sponsored by… Read More
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William F. Buckley: Conservatism’s Intellectual Godfather
Sixty years ago this November, a recent Yale graduate published a book that outraged the distinguished university’s administration and launched a young conservative’s career. The… Read More
Is America a Democracy or a Republic?
According to the Wall Street protesters, American representative government has failed and therefore they are replacing it, “Since we can no longer trust our elected… Read More
Occupy Wall Street Is No Tea Party
The past few years have witnessed the rise and fall of several left-leaning political fads, each touted as a response to the rise of the… Read More
Popular Vote or the Electoral College?
While New Hampshire maneuvers to maintain first-in-the-nation primary status, a new Gallup poll reveals many Americans don’t care who New Hampshirites want to be President…. Read More
Constitutional Mythbusters
What do the presidential candidates think about the Constitution? In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Seth Lipsky proposed a televised debate for GOP presidential… Read More
Party Like It’s 1787
On September 17, 1787, delegates from each state signed the Constitution. At 224 years old, the Constitution is now the longest lasting, most imitated national… Read More
North Carolina brings the Founding Principles Back to School
In 2010, North Carolina public school officials proposed changing the high school U.S. History course curriculum to cover events only from 1877 forward. Forget George… Read More
The Not-So-Revolutionary Nineteenth Amendment
Thursday marks the 91st anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. We often hear that the amendment gives women the right to vote. But… Read More
Morning Bell: Celebrating America’s Enduring Principles
America was born on July 4, 1776, with the passage of the Declaration of Independence. Today, as we celebrate our great country 235 years later,… Read More
Happy Birthday Calvin Coolidge
America’s birthday is also that of Calvin Coolidge, the only president born on the Fourth of July. Though best remembered as “Silent Cal,” Coolidge is… Read More
Did America Have a Christian Founding?
Few historical questions generate as much controversy as this one—and do so on such a regular basis. Every few months or so, following some public… Read More
