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Memorial Day 2025 I always return to Memorial Day not only as a moment of remembrance, but as a reminder of responsibility...

The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783–1789 by  Joseph J. Ellis My rating:  4 of 5 stars When I moved from Boise to...

159 years later, reflecting on the Battle of Fort Stevens and the leadership lessons we still need I have an Abraham Lincoln...

There are fireworks, there are flags, and there's always something grilling on the Fourth of July, but for me, Independence Day wouldn...

In a world where civic education is increasingly marginalized and political discourse seems dominated by soundbites and social media posts, ...

Sometimes the smallest gestures create the most lasting traditions. It started with a box of donuts and a team that needed to remember they ...

Abraham Lincoln has been one of my heroes for as long as I can remember, second only to my parents. My earliest memory of a family vacation ...

A Cross-Country Road Trip with My Daughter Earlier this month, Kailey and I packed up a rental Toyota Corolla and pointed it East—driving f...

In a 2008 blog post , I wrote that it has become passé to remember Thomas Jefferson's admonition that "Liberty needs to be watered ...