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The American Story

Every generation of Americans has been faced with the same question: how should we live? Our endlessly interesting answers have created The American Story. The weekly episodes published here stretch f... Read more

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The Great Author of America

The Great Author of America

Why “the finest Shakespeare collection in the world” is in Washington, D.C

15 Oct 2019

6mins

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The Greatness of Washington

The Greatness of Washington

"Our history is but a transcript of his claims on our gratitude”

29 Oct 2019

5mins

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One Iron

One Iron

Ben Hogan and “the purest stroke I’ve ever seen”

22 Oct 2019

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The American Dream

The American Dream

About the standard by which Americans judge the success and failure of their experiment in self-government

14 Jan 2020

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Totus Porcus

Totus Porcus

This story is the fifth in a series of seven about an immigrant boy who became my good friend and holds a special place ... Read more

24 Dec 2019

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An Evening on the Benjamin Franklin

An Evening on the Benjamin Franklin

John Quincy Adams and a pioneer reflect on the Northwest Territory and American freedom

19 Nov 2019

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One More for Chesty

One More for Chesty

What is it that makes a Marine’s Marine?

21 Jan 2020

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All of You on the Good Earth

All of You on the Good Earth

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

17 Dec 2019

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A Little Academe

A Little Academe

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24 Dec 2019

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Simple Truth

Simple Truth

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

3 Dec 2019

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The Crisis of Man

The Crisis of Man

This story is the second in a series of seven about an immigrant boy who became my good friend and holds a special place... Read more

24 Dec 2019

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Go West!

Go West!

The Oregon Trail was the superhighway of the early American West

10 Dec 2019

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Broomsticks at Happy Time

Broomsticks at Happy Time

American victory in World War II was far from preordained

1 Oct 2019

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We Are All Americans

We Are All Americans

“Savage Jack Falstaff” meets Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House

8 Oct 2019

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The Art of Teaching

The Art of Teaching

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31 Dec 2019

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Teddy Ballgame

Teddy Ballgame

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

26 Nov 2019

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Of Oranges and Shakespearean Dreams

Of Oranges and Shakespearean Dreams

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24 Dec 2019

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What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

To be willing to lose your life for your country.

24 Sep 2019

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Freedom of the Mind

Freedom of the Mind

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31 Dec 2019

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Standin’ on a Corner

Standin’ on a Corner

Things happen to a town, and then it’s never the same. Or it’s the same in some new way. Whatever it was before, it’s ha... Read more

10 Mar 2020

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