The American Story

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Of Oranges and Shakespearean Dreams Dec 24, 2019

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This story is the third in a series of seven about an immigrant boy who became my good friend and holds a special place in the history of the Claremont Institute. For the rest of his life, oranges would always smell like freedom

The Crisis of Man Dec 24, 2019

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This story is the second in a series of seven about an immigrant boy who became my good friend and holds a special place in the history of the Claremont Institute. It was spring, 1946, and Albert Camus was in New York City on the only visit he would ever make to America

Born American Dec 24, 2019

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This story is the first in a series of seven about an immigrant boy who became my good friend and holds a special place in the history of the Claremont Institute. "Why are we going to America?" . . . "We were born American, but in the wrong place"

All of You on the Good Earth Dec 17, 2019

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President Kennedy told a special joint session of Congress that it was "time for a great new American Enterprise"

Go West! Dec 10, 2019

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The Oregon Trail was the superhighway of the early American West

Simple Truth Dec 03, 2019

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The Congress of the United States named him "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen"

Teddy Ballgame Nov 26, 2019

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If there was ever a real-life John Wayne — or the character Wayne played so well — it was Ted Williams