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Michele Bachmann Schooled by Anderson Cooper on Eve of Her State of the Union Rebuttal [VIDEO]

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has strong views on U.S. history. And according to CNN's Anderson Cooper, many of them are factually incorrect. On his Monday broadcast, Cooper zeroed in on Bachmann's recent remarks about diversity in America, in which she claimed that language differences and skin color "didn't matter" in...

Opinion: Ben Franklin's Electrifying Contribution to America's Founding

In our media-saturated culture, many people yearn for fame as they watch the antics of Snooki, Britney, Lindsay and "The Situation." Unfortunately, their example is all too often the wacky, the troubled and the salacious. But fame can also be a well-deserved asset, earned by mind power, sacrifices, hard work and...

Opinion: Memo to Tea Partiers -- The Founders Were Elitists

(Oct. 6) -- In a recent interview, John Kerry described the American electorate as people who don't "always pay much attention to what's going on" and who "are influenced by a simple slogan rather than by the facts or the truth." Kerry's political opponents -- especially the members of the tea party and other populists --...

Opinion: The Tyranny of the Majority

(Aug. 17) -- In the two most frequently and passionately debated political issues of the past few weeks -- the rejection of California's Proposition 8 and the planned mosque and cultural center in lower Manhattan -- there is a common thread: claims by those in disagreement that those decisions are counter to the will of...

Opinion: Stop Trying to Politicize the Army

(April 14) -- Nobody wants a political Army. The Founding Fathers so vehemently opposed the idea of a politicized Army that they wrote barriers against such a possibility directly into the very foundations of our Republic. The Constitution makes it clear that the Congress has the power to maintain a Navy, but only "raise"...

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What Would the Founders Say About Common Core?

Zachary Karabell , writing for Time magazine, claims "One of America's favorite pastimes is to play the 'what would the Founding Fathers say' game. Just pick an issue du jour, and ask the question."

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WATCH: The Founding Fathers React To Gingrich

Earlier this year, Newt Gingrich insisted that our nation's founding fathers would have come down hard on marijuana , even going as far as to take violent measures against it.

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Rick Perry's War on the Founding Fathers

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Were America's Founding Fathers Faithful?

Every July 4th, we celebrate the values that define the quintessential American spirit: community, hard work, individualism, and freedom.

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Michele Bachmann Says John Quincy Adams Was 'One Of Our Founding Fathers,' Flubs Slavery Remarks (VIDEO)

During an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was given an opportunity to set the record straight with regard to comments she made earlier this year lauding the nation's Founding Fathers for working "tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United...

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10/14/11 Founding Fathers: The (Brooklyn) Admirations Source: WNEW One of two groups to record as the Admirations , today's Founding Fathers were a short-lived quintet from Brooklyn who found little lasting success.
10/12/11 Founding Fathers: ADC Band Source: WNEW Built in Detroit around the brother and sister duo of Artwell and Audrey Matthews, the ADC Band made their biggest impact on the R&B world in 1978 when they released their huge hit, "The Long Stroke."
04/27/11 Founding Fathers Source: Cao`s Blog
10/30/10 The Founding Fathers Source: C-SPAN Earlier this year, the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted a conference on Presidential Sites and Libraries. Published: