The Essence of America Is Freedom

America Needs Repairs: How We Reclaim the Promise of Freedom This July 4th

America isn’t a land or a flag. It isn’t a president or a party. It’s a people. America is only free if we are too, because freedom is more than just liberty.

LARRY KUDLOW: We Must Fight for Our Freedoms

The language of the Declaration of Independence underscores the greatness of American core values and our economy.

The Summer I Turned Patriot

Like many Europeans raised on a diet of American culture, I thought I understood the United States. My job as a camp counselor revealed why it is a nation worth loving, writes Josh Kaplan.

Jeffrey Wright: “America Wants to Be a Beacon of Real Freedom, Not Hypocritical Freedom”

The U.S. star, at Karlovy Vary to receive the President's Award on Saturday, also said that this idea of genuine freedom [is something that] we take for granted and film can express common humanity.

Furkids Celebrate The Independence of US!

I’ve tried to tell our beloved Furkids that “US” actually stands for “United States”, but they look at me as though that’s just preposterous. In their words, “It’s about us, and you can’t take it away from us!” Of course it’s about them. This is their column after all. “Besides,” they continue, “while America’s Declaration

Young Washington Gives Gen Z An Aspirational Hero For The Ages

The movie’s message about the value of strength and endurance has clearly resonated with Americans in an age of despair.

America’s Entitlement Illusion

A difficult dilemma is looming over Washington.

The Threat Is Backwards

Jeffrey Wernick There is a phrase that does a great deal of work in American political argument, and almost none of it honest. The phrase is American culture, invoked as something immigrants endanger and citizens defend. It is worth asking what the phrase means, because the moment you press it, the entire architecture of the []

Intoning Our Independence

This Fourth of July, read the Declaration aloud.

Netanyahu: Israel must achieve ‘weapons independence’

“I greatly appreciate the support we have received from our American friends, but we must free ourselves from dependence,” the premier said.

VUONG: Canada should retire multiculturalism for pluralism

We're quick to say what we are not — not American, not a melting pot — but being different from your neighbour is not the same as having an identity

The enduring promise of America

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Let Losses Lie Where They Fall: America’s Radical Faith in Self-Interest

By Aleksey Bashtavenko, Academic Composition Few ideas distinguish the United States from the rest of the world more clearly than its extraordinary confidence in self-interest. Americans have long believed that society functions best when individuals are free to pursue their own ambitions, their own happiness, and their own [] The post Let Losses Lie Where They Fall: America’s Radical Faith in Self-Interest first appeared on Attack the System.

To America, with Love: In Honor of Her 250th Birthday

To love America is not to deny its flaws but to cherish its capacity for renewal. Love, in this sense, demands honesty. It requires memory. And it carries responsibility. The post To America, with Love: In Honor of Her 250th Birthday first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

We Were Founded on Anti-Monopoly Principles

Zephyr Teachout The premises of the American democratic vision must be applied to the economy if we are to be free in all alreas of life. The post We Were Founded on Anti-Monopoly Principles appeared first on The Nation.

Nicole Krauss: On the strangeness of pledging allegiance to the flag

An irreconcilable sense of alienation and belonging has been one of America’s many gifts to me

The Insight: What Does it Mean to Be an American?

The US is one of the few places on Earth where citizenship is tied to the ground you're born on, not your heritage. Why does the 'right of the soil' feel so uniquely tied to being 'American,' compared to being from a different nation? What are the other defining characteristics of the American identity?

250 Years of Dressing for the American Dream

Freedom It began with the chance to define a new set of laws and governance, to reject the inherited trappings (or traps) of class. Aspiration The term “American dream” wasn’t officially coined until 1931, when the popular historian James Truslow Adams published the best seller “The Epic of America.” It codified the idea of the []

America turns 250. Not everyone is celebrating

On this July Fourth, Americans ask: What does it mean to love a country that won't love you back?

Out of Touch – The Real Problem Facing America

Scott Rasmussen sets out the details.

Many nations have shaped history, but America remains a beacon of freedom, resilience, & opportunity

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As an IDF commander, I know how dangerous unrestricted rules of engagement are

When everything is permitted, no one is protected – not civilians, not soldiers and certainly not the values we're supposed to defend

On America 250, Remember That True Freedom Is Built on Faith

Freedom is a word that is too easily thrown around. America was built on freedom. The colonists’ freedoms were being infringed upon, so they rose against Britain to get them back. They won the freedom to govern themselves—and to do so in a way that was more aligned with their inalienable rights. Unfortunately, freedom has...

America at 250: We Are Overcoming Impossible Odds – JB Pritzker on Substack

In Illinois, we defied the odds when we delivered a 15 minimum wage and universal paid leave while reinforcing Illinois as a beacon for freedoms like civil rights and voting rights. The truest legacy the founders bequeathed us is the ability to imagine and actualize a nation that is more free and just than any other on Earth.

Trump Marks America’s 250th Anniversary: ‘This Is the Land of Liberty’

‘We're celebrating freedom's triumph over tyranny, liberty's conquest over oppression, and the enduring victory of the American spirit,’ the president said.

What we’re fighting for isn’t a “far-left” agenda. It’s what the American people want.

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[Video] NOW - Trump: "There is no American freedom without American culture.

NOW - Trump: There is no American freedom without American culture. And there is no American founding without the American people.@disclosetv

‘F**ck the USA,’ ‘borders are deadly’: Princeton professor during ‘250 Years of Resistance’ event

‘Everything is a struggle in this country,’ professor says Princeton University Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor called the U.S. an “awful place,” condemned borders and patriotism, and called for the country to be dismantled at a Friday event titled, “250 Years of Resistance.” The professor accused the U.S. of “bombing other countries” for “sport,” according to a []

Seven tests of the American experiment | Al Jazeera Reels

As the United States turns 250, Al Jazeera Reels examines the promises and contradictions that shaped the country. Across seven stories, we explore the American Dream, cultural power, immigration, two-party politics, the cost of freedom, the AI race and the country’s reliance on military force. Together, these stories ask whether the US can still deliver on its founding ideals, and what its choices mean for the rest of the world. #us250 #unitedstates #uspolitics #ushistory #ai #americandream #military #aljazeerareels #aljazeeraenglish #food #americanfood #immigration #culture #

The Immigrants Who Hate America

The Immigrants Who Hate America

Part 2: Suburbia’s broken promise - Life in the shadow of the American dream

Part 2: Suburbia’s broken promise - Life in the shadow of the American dream

A Triumph for Constitutional Fidelity and the American Dream

Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling reaffirming the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship is a resounding victory for the rule of law, our national identity, and the enduring power of the American Dream. For over a century and a half, the Citizenship Clause has stood as a cornerstone of American liberty. Yesterday’s decision honors the clear text, the legislative intent, and the long-standing judicial precedents that have defined our nation since the Reconstruction era. Roots in the Common Law and the Constitution As a nation, our strength has always been anchored in our foundational principles rather than ancestral bloodlines. From our ... Read More

In Honor of America 250, the Films That Shaped My Patriotism—and Maybe Yours

In Honor of America 250, the Films That Shaped My Patriotism—and Maybe Yours

Our American Heritage

Yes, Americans have a shared heritage — but it’s not about race or culture.

RiftTV CEO Elijah Schaffer rips SC ruling on birthright citizenship, targets H-1B children, ‘Little Pooja, little Panji’

Elijah Schaffer challenges the meaning of American identity, arguing that citizenship should extend beyond birth in the U.S.

“Most exceptional nation ever”: President Trump marks America’s 250th Independence Day at Mount Rushmore

Trump positioned the United States as a singular force for good, emphasising that the American model of liberty and self-governance stands in stark contrast to the historical norms of human civilisation.

The American Dream Isn’t Dead: Millions of Americans Just Made a Brilliant Bet on Themselves

Retirement plan: cancelled. Startup launched instead.