National Forgetting ~ The Imaginative Conservative

National Forgetting ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The founding of nations always involves a willful forgetting and subsequent divinization of the founding fathers. The Scriptures are an acid that dissolves every attempt to produce an untainted origin story, and so a new nation. Throughout his City of God, Augustine accuses the Romans of willfully forgetting their origins. The philosopher Varro, Augustine says, “maintains it is useful for states that brave men believe, though falsely, that they …

USA's birth came by way of armed citizens

by Mark OlivaThe founding of the United States of America was — and is — an audacious idea. A far-flung group of Americans had a big idea. They didn’t need a king. They could — and would — govern themselves based on self-evident truths, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Among those rights is the right to keep a…

Firearm Industry Celebrates Nation’s Birth, Courtesy of Armed Citizens

The founding of the United States of America was – and is – an audacious idea. A far-flung group of Americans had a big idea. They didn’t need a king. They could – and would – govern themselves based on self-evident truths, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator […] The post Firearm Industry Celebrates Nation’s Birth, Courtesy of Armed Citizens appeared first on NSSF.

Lancaster Free America Weekend

CELEBRATE FREEDOM. IGNITE YOUR REBELLION.  Independence Day is about the fight for freedom. The American Revolution was a stand against tyranny and kings. That same spirit has lived on—from the Boston Tea Party to the Underground Railroad, from Stonewall to the Civil Rights Movement. America is in crisis. Real democracy feels out of reach. Freedom is in trouble. Warmongers are back at it, even as they cut funding for the rest of us. This July 4t…