Last year, and in 2017, I put up posts about the universalist principles of the Declaration of Independence, and their continuing relevance today. The points made are no less relevant this year. So, ...

Roberts’s report avoids recent controversies, focusing instead on historical foundations and operational data.

As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

The author of ‘The Greatest Sentence Ever Written,’ says, ‘Maybe reflecting on the Declaration of Independence and the values ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical ...

The 13 American colonies embraced government 'of laws, not of men,' and they strove to limit the power of future presidents.

The Declaration of Independence reaffirmed the right to self-determination—and the uniquely American practice of keeping and ...

The music for this year's reading is "Dawn at Yorktown" by Eric Weinberg. Editor's note on July 8, 2022: This story quotes the U.S. Declaration of Independence — a document that contains offensive ...

Editor's note on July 8, 2022: This story quotes the U.S. Declaration of Independence — a document that contains offensive language about Native Americans, including a racial slur. Twenty-three years ...

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs hosted the unveiling of the America’s 250th flag. Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester led the ...

Gillian Doherty, a senior archivist at the Public Record Office (PRONI) in Belfast, recently travelled to Washington and ...