The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Happy Birthday, America

Jul 4, 2023

57:17

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Importance of the Declaration of Independence

3min

The Story of Lexington Concord

3min

The Declaration of Independence

4min

The War of Independence in Copenhagen

2min

The Impact of the Declaration of Independence on Europe

3min

The Importance of the Declaration of Independence

3min

The Importance of Writing

4min

The Folly of Technology

2min

10.

The Importance of Taking Account of Human Nature

3min

11.

The Hypocrisy of American Slavery

3min

12.

The Three-Fifths Clause and the Civil War

3min

13.

The Hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independence

2min

14.

The Importance of Elections

2min

15.

Calvin Coolidge's Statement on the Declaration of Independence

3min

16.

The Declaration of Independence

3min

17.

The Antiquated Idea of Lady Justice

3min

18.

The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution

3min

19.

The Importance of Playing by the Rules

4min

Trapped on the island of Nantucket, a guestless Jonah uses today’s Remnant to provide an impromptu meditation on the Fourth of July. His musings explore the meaning of the Declaration of Independence, whether America is a nation or an idea, and why it’s vital to teach American history. Listen with a hot dog in one hand and a miniature flag in the other to feel like a true patriot.

Show Notes:

- Henry Fairlie: “The Shot Heard Round the World”

- The Gettysburg Address and the meaning of the 4th

- Irving Kristol: “The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution”

- Calvin Coolidge on the Declaration of Independence

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