Freedom of speech Without hesitation, the thing I treasure the most about the United States of America is our freedom of speech. This freedom is guaranteed among a short list…
In 1826, Americans prepared to celebrate their country’s fiftieth birthday. It was a time to reflect on the audacious gamble that had seen a group of colonists take up arms…
This is the second in a series of articles explaining how the United States came to be and how the lands we now know as Minnesota came to be a…
When the United States celebrated its 200th birthday in 1976, it wasn’t the best time for a party. In 1974, President Nixon had resigned from office following the Watergate scandal…
This is the first in a series of articles explaining how the United States came to be and how the lands we now know as Minnesota came to be a…
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of what George Washington called this American “experiment.” One thing I have learned since immigrating to…
One of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) finest products is a radio show called “In Our Time.” Until recently, it was hosted by a Jack-of-all-intellectual-trades named Melvyn Bragg who, each…
On Independence Day a few years ago, I pondered, “What the American Experiment means to me.” I concluded: …the American Experiment is, to me, about liberty: the liberty to live…
In July 1858, Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, and the incumbent Democrat, Stephen Douglas, were locked in a tight race for one of Illinois’ Senate seats. The major issue in the race…
The essence of the American Experiment was never better put than by those who wrote 243 years ago today "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…