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J. Edgar Hoover’s 50-Year Career of Blackmail, Entrapment, and Taking Down Communist Spies
Nathaniel Macon was quite possibly the most important man in the history of the Tar Heel State, North Carolina. Jefferson called him the “last of the Romans”—meaning a republican who favored limited government, frugality, and selfless service—and Macon’s friend and political ally, John Randolph of Roanoke, described him as the…
It may seem curious to include Patrick Henry in a list of “forgotten Founders.” His impassioned cry of “give me liberty or give me death!” is one of the more well-known phrases in American history, though it is quite possible that many Americans would think someone other than Henry said…
One story of the Founding Fathers illustrates their character and how far their reputation has fallen in recent decades. On a cold, damp, blustery, gray day in March 1775, prominent Virginians gathered at Saint John’s Church in Richmond to consider action against the British Crown and Parliament. Foremost among this…
