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What was the Boston Tea Party and why did it happen? Here's your guide to the pivotal moment in American history and its far-reaching global legacy

Here's why some radicals want to sully the unifying and wholesome holiday of Thanksgiving.

On Sept. 21, 1774, patriot leaders met in Worcester, Massachusetts, in response to the British seizure of gunpowder and munitions from a magazine in Charlestown earlier that month. The British raid on the magazine to what became known as "the gunpowder alarm."

Down the memory hole is where most foundational principles of the American Revolution seem to go. That includes the Suffolk Resolves - Sept 9, 1774 - which called for non-compliance to the Coercive Acts, disobedience to courts, tax resistance and more.

The First Continental Congress convened on on Sept.5, 1774, including delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies and Founding Fathers such as John Adams, Patrick Henry and George Washington.

Gun ownership simpliciter ought never to be a pretext for government violence. The Americans in 1775 fought a war because the king did not agree.

"The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion." —Mother Teresa

Summary: Did America have a Christian Founding? This disputed question, far from being only of historical interest, has important implications for how we conceive of the role of religion in the American republic. Mark David Hall begins by considering two popular answers to the query—“Of course not!” and “Absolutely!”—both of which distort the Founders’ views. After showing that Christian ideas were one of the important intellectual influences on the Founders, he discusses three maj...

“I never have felt that any abortion should be committed — I think each abortion is the result of a series of errors,” stated Jimmy Carter. Being interviewed on his book, Our Enduring Values-America’s Moral Crisis, former Democrat President Carter stated at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC, November 3, 2005: “I have always thought it was not in the mainstream of the American public to be extremely liberal on many issues. I think our party’s leaders … are...