Books

What So Proudly We Hail, The American Soul In Story, Speech, And Song

– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2012.

Summary: This wonderfully rich anthology uses the soul-shaping power of story, speech, and song to help Americans realize more deeply—and appreciate more fully—who they are as citizens… More

2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters

– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.

What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More

“Why Memorial Day?” A Discussion and Book Forum on What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, May 20, 2011.

American public life requires citizens who know who they are as Americans, who are knowledgeably attached to their country and communities, and who possess the character–the… More

Take Time to Remember

– Weekly Standard, May 29, 2011.

Excerpt: American identity, character, and civic life are shaped by many things, but decisive among them are our national memories—of our long history, our triumphs and tragedies, our… More

What’s the Point of Flag Day?

– National Review Online, June 14, 2011.

Excerpt: Flag Day is unusual. Commemorating the birthday of the American flag, adopted in the midst of the American Revolution by the Second Continental Congress, Flag Day is not an… More

What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July

– Wall Street Journal, 1 July 2011.

Excerpt: Parades. Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. This is how many of us will celebrate the Fourth of July. In earlier times, the day was also marked with specially prepared orations… More

Walter Berns and the Constitution: A Celebration of the Constitution, with Opening Remarks by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, September 20, 2011.

In mid-September 2011, as part of AEI’s Program on American Citizenship, we celebrated Constitution Day (September 17), the day thirty-nine members of the Constitutional Convention… More

And There’s Another Country

– Gilbert Meilaender, First Things, October 2011.

Excerpt: It is both natural and right that human beings love the country that has nurtured them. God binds our hearts to particular places and people, and there are few things sadder than… More

The Significance of Veterans Day

– Weekly Standard, 14 November 2011.

Excerpt: What exactly do we celebrate on Veterans Day? To be sure, we mean to honor the brave men and women, living and dead, who have fought America’s battles, past and present. But… More

First Among Equals: George Washington and the American Presidency

– CSPAN, February 17, 2012.

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief… More

The Other War On Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More

The Other War on Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, May 2, 2012.

Excerpt: On this occasion twenty years ago, in his Boyer Lecture entitled “The Cultural Revolution and the Capitalist Future,” Irving Kristol explored the growing gap between our… More

Seminar on National Identity: “The Man without a Country” by Edward Everett Hale

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

It is probably no accident that Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was a life-long American patriot. He was the nephew of Edward Everett, renowned orator and statesman. And his father, Nathan… More

Seminar on Making One Out of Many: “The Namesake,” by Willa Cather

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947), one of America’s most beloved authors, is best known for her novels depicting the lives of people who settled the American heartland and the Southwest: O!… More

Seminar on Veterans Day Speech to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis by John F. Kelly

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Many American citizens are public-spirited at one time or another, but a remarkable minority of our fellow citizens—our police, firefighters, and military men and women—have made… More

Online Course on The Meaning of America

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More

Online course on The American Calendar

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Why do we have national public holidays? What does each—and what do all—contribute to our common life as Americans? The American Calendar explores the purpose and meaning of our civic… More

Essays

What So Proudly We Hail, The American Soul In Story, Speech, And Song

– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2012.

Summary: This wonderfully rich anthology uses the soul-shaping power of story, speech, and song to help Americans realize more deeply—and appreciate more fully—who they are as citizens… More

2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters

– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.

What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More

“Why Memorial Day?” A Discussion and Book Forum on What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, May 20, 2011.

American public life requires citizens who know who they are as Americans, who are knowledgeably attached to their country and communities, and who possess the character–the… More

Take Time to Remember

– Weekly Standard, May 29, 2011.

Excerpt: American identity, character, and civic life are shaped by many things, but decisive among them are our national memories—of our long history, our triumphs and tragedies, our… More

What’s the Point of Flag Day?

– National Review Online, June 14, 2011.

Excerpt: Flag Day is unusual. Commemorating the birthday of the American flag, adopted in the midst of the American Revolution by the Second Continental Congress, Flag Day is not an… More

What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July

– Wall Street Journal, 1 July 2011.

Excerpt: Parades. Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. This is how many of us will celebrate the Fourth of July. In earlier times, the day was also marked with specially prepared orations… More

Walter Berns and the Constitution: A Celebration of the Constitution, with Opening Remarks by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, September 20, 2011.

In mid-September 2011, as part of AEI’s Program on American Citizenship, we celebrated Constitution Day (September 17), the day thirty-nine members of the Constitutional Convention… More

And There’s Another Country

– Gilbert Meilaender, First Things, October 2011.

Excerpt: It is both natural and right that human beings love the country that has nurtured them. God binds our hearts to particular places and people, and there are few things sadder than… More

The Significance of Veterans Day

– Weekly Standard, 14 November 2011.

Excerpt: What exactly do we celebrate on Veterans Day? To be sure, we mean to honor the brave men and women, living and dead, who have fought America’s battles, past and present. But… More

First Among Equals: George Washington and the American Presidency

– CSPAN, February 17, 2012.

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief… More

The Other War On Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More

The Other War on Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, May 2, 2012.

Excerpt: On this occasion twenty years ago, in his Boyer Lecture entitled “The Cultural Revolution and the Capitalist Future,” Irving Kristol explored the growing gap between our… More

Seminar on National Identity: “The Man without a Country” by Edward Everett Hale

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

It is probably no accident that Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was a life-long American patriot. He was the nephew of Edward Everett, renowned orator and statesman. And his father, Nathan… More

Seminar on Making One Out of Many: “The Namesake,” by Willa Cather

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947), one of America’s most beloved authors, is best known for her novels depicting the lives of people who settled the American heartland and the Southwest: O!… More

Seminar on Veterans Day Speech to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis by John F. Kelly

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Many American citizens are public-spirited at one time or another, but a remarkable minority of our fellow citizens—our police, firefighters, and military men and women—have made… More

Online Course on The Meaning of America

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More

Online course on The American Calendar

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Why do we have national public holidays? What does each—and what do all—contribute to our common life as Americans? The American Calendar explores the purpose and meaning of our civic… More

Commentary

What So Proudly We Hail, The American Soul In Story, Speech, And Song

– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2012.

Summary: This wonderfully rich anthology uses the soul-shaping power of story, speech, and song to help Americans realize more deeply—and appreciate more fully—who they are as citizens… More

2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters

– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.

What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More

“Why Memorial Day?” A Discussion and Book Forum on What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, May 20, 2011.

American public life requires citizens who know who they are as Americans, who are knowledgeably attached to their country and communities, and who possess the character–the… More

Take Time to Remember

– Weekly Standard, May 29, 2011.

Excerpt: American identity, character, and civic life are shaped by many things, but decisive among them are our national memories—of our long history, our triumphs and tragedies, our… More

What’s the Point of Flag Day?

– National Review Online, June 14, 2011.

Excerpt: Flag Day is unusual. Commemorating the birthday of the American flag, adopted in the midst of the American Revolution by the Second Continental Congress, Flag Day is not an… More

What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July

– Wall Street Journal, 1 July 2011.

Excerpt: Parades. Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. This is how many of us will celebrate the Fourth of July. In earlier times, the day was also marked with specially prepared orations… More

Walter Berns and the Constitution: A Celebration of the Constitution, with Opening Remarks by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, September 20, 2011.

In mid-September 2011, as part of AEI’s Program on American Citizenship, we celebrated Constitution Day (September 17), the day thirty-nine members of the Constitutional Convention… More

And There’s Another Country

– Gilbert Meilaender, First Things, October 2011.

Excerpt: It is both natural and right that human beings love the country that has nurtured them. God binds our hearts to particular places and people, and there are few things sadder than… More

The Significance of Veterans Day

– Weekly Standard, 14 November 2011.

Excerpt: What exactly do we celebrate on Veterans Day? To be sure, we mean to honor the brave men and women, living and dead, who have fought America’s battles, past and present. But… More

First Among Equals: George Washington and the American Presidency

– CSPAN, February 17, 2012.

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief… More

The Other War On Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More

The Other War on Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, May 2, 2012.

Excerpt: On this occasion twenty years ago, in his Boyer Lecture entitled “The Cultural Revolution and the Capitalist Future,” Irving Kristol explored the growing gap between our… More

Seminar on National Identity: “The Man without a Country” by Edward Everett Hale

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

It is probably no accident that Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was a life-long American patriot. He was the nephew of Edward Everett, renowned orator and statesman. And his father, Nathan… More

Seminar on Making One Out of Many: “The Namesake,” by Willa Cather

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947), one of America’s most beloved authors, is best known for her novels depicting the lives of people who settled the American heartland and the Southwest: O!… More

Seminar on Veterans Day Speech to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis by John F. Kelly

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Many American citizens are public-spirited at one time or another, but a remarkable minority of our fellow citizens—our police, firefighters, and military men and women—have made… More

Online Course on The Meaning of America

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More

Online course on The American Calendar

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Why do we have national public holidays? What does each—and what do all—contribute to our common life as Americans? The American Calendar explores the purpose and meaning of our civic… More

Multimedia

What So Proudly We Hail, The American Soul In Story, Speech, And Song

– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2012.

Summary: This wonderfully rich anthology uses the soul-shaping power of story, speech, and song to help Americans realize more deeply—and appreciate more fully—who they are as citizens… More

2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters

– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.

What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More

“Why Memorial Day?” A Discussion and Book Forum on What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, May 20, 2011.

American public life requires citizens who know who they are as Americans, who are knowledgeably attached to their country and communities, and who possess the character–the… More

Take Time to Remember

– Weekly Standard, May 29, 2011.

Excerpt: American identity, character, and civic life are shaped by many things, but decisive among them are our national memories—of our long history, our triumphs and tragedies, our… More

What’s the Point of Flag Day?

– National Review Online, June 14, 2011.

Excerpt: Flag Day is unusual. Commemorating the birthday of the American flag, adopted in the midst of the American Revolution by the Second Continental Congress, Flag Day is not an… More

What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July

– Wall Street Journal, 1 July 2011.

Excerpt: Parades. Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. This is how many of us will celebrate the Fourth of July. In earlier times, the day was also marked with specially prepared orations… More

Walter Berns and the Constitution: A Celebration of the Constitution, with Opening Remarks by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, September 20, 2011.

In mid-September 2011, as part of AEI’s Program on American Citizenship, we celebrated Constitution Day (September 17), the day thirty-nine members of the Constitutional Convention… More

And There’s Another Country

– Gilbert Meilaender, First Things, October 2011.

Excerpt: It is both natural and right that human beings love the country that has nurtured them. God binds our hearts to particular places and people, and there are few things sadder than… More

The Significance of Veterans Day

– Weekly Standard, 14 November 2011.

Excerpt: What exactly do we celebrate on Veterans Day? To be sure, we mean to honor the brave men and women, living and dead, who have fought America’s battles, past and present. But… More

First Among Equals: George Washington and the American Presidency

– CSPAN, February 17, 2012.

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief… More

The Other War On Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More

The Other War on Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, May 2, 2012.

Excerpt: On this occasion twenty years ago, in his Boyer Lecture entitled “The Cultural Revolution and the Capitalist Future,” Irving Kristol explored the growing gap between our… More

Seminar on National Identity: “The Man without a Country” by Edward Everett Hale

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

It is probably no accident that Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was a life-long American patriot. He was the nephew of Edward Everett, renowned orator and statesman. And his father, Nathan… More

Seminar on Making One Out of Many: “The Namesake,” by Willa Cather

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947), one of America’s most beloved authors, is best known for her novels depicting the lives of people who settled the American heartland and the Southwest: O!… More

Seminar on Veterans Day Speech to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis by John F. Kelly

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Many American citizens are public-spirited at one time or another, but a remarkable minority of our fellow citizens—our police, firefighters, and military men and women—have made… More

Online Course on The Meaning of America

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More

Online course on The American Calendar

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Why do we have national public holidays? What does each—and what do all—contribute to our common life as Americans? The American Calendar explores the purpose and meaning of our civic… More

Teaching

What So Proudly We Hail, The American Soul In Story, Speech, And Song

– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2012.

Summary: This wonderfully rich anthology uses the soul-shaping power of story, speech, and song to help Americans realize more deeply—and appreciate more fully—who they are as citizens… More

2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters

– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.

What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More

“Why Memorial Day?” A Discussion and Book Forum on What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, May 20, 2011.

American public life requires citizens who know who they are as Americans, who are knowledgeably attached to their country and communities, and who possess the character–the… More

Take Time to Remember

– Weekly Standard, May 29, 2011.

Excerpt: American identity, character, and civic life are shaped by many things, but decisive among them are our national memories—of our long history, our triumphs and tragedies, our… More

What’s the Point of Flag Day?

– National Review Online, June 14, 2011.

Excerpt: Flag Day is unusual. Commemorating the birthday of the American flag, adopted in the midst of the American Revolution by the Second Continental Congress, Flag Day is not an… More

What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July

– Wall Street Journal, 1 July 2011.

Excerpt: Parades. Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. This is how many of us will celebrate the Fourth of July. In earlier times, the day was also marked with specially prepared orations… More

Walter Berns and the Constitution: A Celebration of the Constitution, with Opening Remarks by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

– Panel hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, September 20, 2011.

In mid-September 2011, as part of AEI’s Program on American Citizenship, we celebrated Constitution Day (September 17), the day thirty-nine members of the Constitutional Convention… More

And There’s Another Country

– Gilbert Meilaender, First Things, October 2011.

Excerpt: It is both natural and right that human beings love the country that has nurtured them. God binds our hearts to particular places and people, and there are few things sadder than… More

The Significance of Veterans Day

– Weekly Standard, 14 November 2011.

Excerpt: What exactly do we celebrate on Veterans Day? To be sure, we mean to honor the brave men and women, living and dead, who have fought America’s battles, past and present. But… More

First Among Equals: George Washington and the American Presidency

– CSPAN, February 17, 2012.

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief… More

The Other War On Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More

The Other War on Poverty

– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, May 2, 2012.

Excerpt: On this occasion twenty years ago, in his Boyer Lecture entitled “The Cultural Revolution and the Capitalist Future,” Irving Kristol explored the growing gap between our… More

Seminar on National Identity: “The Man without a Country” by Edward Everett Hale

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

It is probably no accident that Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was a life-long American patriot. He was the nephew of Edward Everett, renowned orator and statesman. And his father, Nathan… More

Seminar on Making One Out of Many: “The Namesake,” by Willa Cather

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947), one of America’s most beloved authors, is best known for her novels depicting the lives of people who settled the American heartland and the Southwest: O!… More

Seminar on Veterans Day Speech to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis by John F. Kelly

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Many American citizens are public-spirited at one time or another, but a remarkable minority of our fellow citizens—our police, firefighters, and military men and women—have made… More

Online Course on The Meaning of America

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More

Online course on The American Calendar

– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.

Why do we have national public holidays? What does each—and what do all—contribute to our common life as Americans? The American Calendar explores the purpose and meaning of our civic… More