This week marks the anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history. In September 1862, at small town in western Maryland, nearly 23,000 young Americans were killed or wounded.
Garrett ExnerSeptember 17, 2025
Without the widespread ability to cogently express important ideas, none of the most important leaders of the last few hundred years would ever have been so influential
Nadya WilliamsJuly 31, 2025
A new biography of famed abolitionist Charles Sumner highlights his constitutional legacy and connections to the Black community, two factors of his life too long overlooked
Obbie Tyler ToddJuly 16, 2025
On June 30th, Providence and Tikvah partnered to convene a panel titled “What We Mean by ‘Judeo-Christian'”
Jonathan Silver & Marc LiVecche & Tamara Berens & Robert Nicholson & Anne LordJuly 4, 2025
Before there was the Declaration of Independence in 1776, there was the “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms” in 1775, which set America on its eventual course for revolution
Eric PattersonJuly 4, 2025
American conservatives can learn from our Tory forerunners the importance of reverence and order, realism and romance, and ultimately the poetry that is the soul of our civilization
Michael LuccheseMay 12, 2025
In his recent book “Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War” (Davenant, 2024), Miles Smith…
Robert Nicholson & Miles SmithMay 7, 2025
Both the demagogue and the statesman use rhetoric to sway public opinion, but only the latter does so with the nation’s best interests at heart
Jeffery Tyler SyckApril 22, 2025
Peter Paul Ruben’s extraordinary “Raising of the Cross” helps reflect on Divine love, human flourishing, and the weight of glory.
Marc LiVeccheApril 18, 2025