At three minutes past ten in the morning, on August 24, 1991, 450 Ukrainian politicians took their seats in the hard wooden benches of their parliamentary assembly hall for an extraordinary session. With the palpable weight of an attempted soviet… Read More
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, it seems pertinent to look back to the dawn of our nation and reflect on the founding ideals that have shaped our country for over two centuries. An… Read More
How the Declaration of Independence Inspired the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Tibor Arany was assembling thermometer parts at the Laboratory Equipment Factory, ashe did every Thursday afternoon, when he heard a gunshot—then a cry. Arany had heard thatsound before, and… Read More
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed bytheir Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuitof Happiness.” We all learned about the Declaration of… Read More
One of the most influential political texts in modern history is the United States Declaration of Independence. Its language of natural rights, popular sovereignty, and government by consent inspired political movements far beyond North America. One of the most controversial examples occurred… Read More
While the Berlin Wall fell and Poland held its first free elections, 1989’s hunger for liberty did not stay confined to Eastern Europe. On the contrary, this desire for freedom bled into the borders across Eurasia and Latin America. In… Read More
In 1776, the global climate was defined by the Little Ice Age, a prolonged cooling period thatresulted in significantly lower average temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere. This eraof “climate instability” caused severe winters and advancing glaciers, creating a harshenvironmental backdrop… Read More
Freedom is the right to follow your conscience and to speak your mind, guiding your actions in a way that benefits society without infringing on the rights of others. All freedom comes from God because if we were a random… Read More
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”1 These famous words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. have rung true since America’s founding. The birth of America was a fight to be independent from the rule of an unjust king, and the revolution unfolded before a watching world…. Read More
The U.S. Declaration of Independence is a key founding document of our country and has proven itself to be influential for nations around the world. It has helped shape U.S. leaders over the decades and has appeared as a reference in international freedom movements. The Declaration of Independence has inspired… Read More
