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Kevin Gutzman on John Dickinson and the AUMF

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Kevin Gutzman joins us on today's Founders TV to talk to us about how John Dickinson (or any of the Founding Fathers) would have counseled the current world rulers in Washington D.C. on Syria and the AUMF. Well, how does Prof. Gutzman think the Founders would have responded to the current situation? Well, to put it mildly... they probably would not have […]

June 19, 2015 4

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“Sign On The Dotted Line & TRUST Us!” Some Founders Lied About Constitution

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – This is where John Taylor gets into: "Okay, well, you guys lied to us. You said that if we signed on the dotted line and adopted this Constitution gizmo that you would conduct your affairs in a certain way, and that we would conduct our affairs in a certain way, and that those were the rules we were all going to live by. You lied […]

August 15, 2014 12

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 18 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1768, “The Liberty Song” was published in the Boston Gazette. The song was written by John Dickinson, one of the first colonial patriotic songs to be written.

July 18, 2014 10

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 12 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress heard the draft of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, read by the committee who prepared it.

July 12, 2014 8

The Founders

What Really Happened At Start Of Federal Convention Of 1787, Pt. II

Interview With Kevin Gutzman Part II Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "On this day, on May the 29th -- I just went back and read the record from Farrand’s records last night. This doesn’t have anything to do with James Madison, but I know you know about this. I noted that at this juncture of the meeting on May the 29th, Judge Yates has yet to blow a gasket. […]

June 4, 2014 11

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Jeff Wallace – In God We Trusted

Interview With Jeff Wallace author of "In God We Trusted" Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "No law can be valid, as you said, unless it is in order with the higher law that has been handed down. This is one of the things that men knew. We knew this. All the way up to the progressives, we said: We’ve got to stop them from knowing that, because if we don’t, […]

May 6, 2014 5

The Founders

Here’s An Example From Jefferson On How To Argue Your Position In A Scholarly Manner

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – How many times have you checked your email, gone to your Facebook page, gone to your Twitter feed, go to your blog on your website and someone has gotten into an internet spat or an electronic spat with someone else and they have played the final trump card? What is it? It’s a quote. How many times have you seen a quote played as […]

November 25, 2013 10

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Egalitarians Can Keep Dreaming, There’s No Utopian Heaven On Earth

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – The dystopia is counterbalanced, as I said, with the utopia. This is where guys like Steve or people that think like that miss their mark and, I think, at some level pose a risk to the rest of us. I hate to interject religion into this. Well, no, I don’t hate to. It’s my job to, my duty to. To use a very popular […]

October 28, 2013 6

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Interview With Brad Birzer On Conservatism, John Dickinson And More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Brad is a professor at Hillsdale College. He is the author of the book about Charles Carroll of Carrolton, American Cicero, a great book about a forgotten founding father. He is also the editor of The Imaginative Conservative website, which we had Winston Elliott on yesterday and talked about. Brad is part of what I like to call the conservative revival. Check out today’s […]

July 15, 2013 8