NEW YORK (AP) — When Random House Publisher Andrew Ward met recently with staff editors to discuss potential book projects, ...

Have Americans forgotten how to be free? When warfare erupted between American colonists and the British government, the ...

Former Sen. Joe Manchin has written a book about his decision to declare “independence from the extremes on both sides.” Manchin, 77, was initially elected to the Senate as a Democrat but ...

John Locke (1632–1704) Late-17th century In Two ... of conditional authority and accountability to justify independence, citing these principles within revolutionary documents and sermons ...

Thomas Jefferson wrote brilliantly about them in the Declaration of Independence two years later ... professor Bill McClay’s brilliant book, “Land of Hope.” “Captain Preston, why ...

What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

By John Hood As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial — Americans launched their rebellion against British rule 250 years ago this month at Lexington and Concord — I’ve been writing a ...

The Exodus: The Jewish Declaration of Identity Just as the American Declaration of Independence defines the ... shared in this blog were inspired by a book from James D. Long’s Riddle of Exodus ...