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Letter to the editor: Please, vote in November

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America at 250: Declaration’s self-evident truths need defending again

By Cal Thomas

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When treason became a nation: The story of July 4, 1776

By Joseph Curl

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Letter to the editor: Our republic is barely hanging together

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Letter to the editor: America’s greatest threat may be within

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We must go back to teaching American history, civics

By Timothy S. Goeglein

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What the Declaration of Independence does - and doesn’t - say about God

By Thomas Tweed - Associated Press

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Founding Father Ben Franklin would be proud of the United States of America

By Simon Hankinson

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Bold and Blunt: Benjamin Franklin’s advice for America

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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What’s the big deal about the Ten Commandments?

By Everett Piper

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Loser Nikki Haley mining for humiliation

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: In it for the power

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Neither liberty nor safety: Giving up one’s rights is a personal choice

By Andrew P. Napolitano

“Without serious engagement in the issues of the day and participation by citizens in the elections, we risk losing our republic. We risk giving up our role as sovereigns and instead become subjects,” writes Anthony T. Caso, a clinical professor of law at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law. (Associated Press)

We risk losing our republic without active participation

By Anthony T. Caso

“This balance of power has made America the most stable and durable democracy established in the modern world. Unfortunately, this election cycle promises to be challenging to both the Constitution and the republic it formed,” said Rep. Tom McClintock, California Republican. (Associated Press)

Far-left threatens minority rights

By Tom McClintock

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Franklin and Washington: America’s first spymasters

By Paul Davis

Legislator to gain several ways from charter school handoff

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Michael Finkelstein works in his law office with attorney Scott Sternberg in New Orleans, Friday, May 18, 2018. Finkelstein, a high school student at Benjamin Franklin High School when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, was forced to relocate to Austin, Texas, now lives in New Orleans. This Sunday, officials at Franklin are welcoming back the class of 2006 and offering them honorary diplomas as a way to remember a group that was thrown across the country at a time when they should have been worried about homecoming and college applications.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

After Katrina: High school remembers lost class of 2006

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: Follow the money

By James Srodes - The Washington Times