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The slavery compromises included in the Constitution are prudentialcompromises rather than a surrender of principle.

Joseph Loconte, Ph.D., is the director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and AWC Family Foundation Fellow. Prior to arriving at Heritage, Mr. Loconte held the position of Associate Professor of History at The King’s College in New York City, where he taught courses on Western Civilization, American Foreign Policy, and International Human Rights. He is a scholar on John Locke and the religious influences on the development of liberal democracy.

The Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee is bringing the community together again this year through Black History Month, an annual celebration of African American history and culture with month-long programming

Near the center of our cultural crisis is a crisis of memory: The most powerful forces in society are either ignoring the remarkable history and achievements of the United States or are attempting to rewrite and pervert this history in the pursuit of a radical political and social agenda. Never before has the historical significance of the American Founding come under such sustained attack.

“A spectre is haunting Europe—the specter of communism.” This is the preamble to Karl Marx’s “The Communist Manifesto,” a document responsible for inspiring some of the worst dictators in human history.