In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was breaking news

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...
The Daily Signal

Why the Declaration of Independence Still Matters

How many times have we heard those words? In 2007, The Washington Post published an article by Gene Weingarten called “Pearls Before Breakfast.” In it, he chronicles an experiment by the newspaper, in ...
Reason

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...