{"id":45,"date":"2024-06-12T17:48:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T17:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calltoliberty.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2024-12-03T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:39:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45\" class=\"elementor elementor-45\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d5a61 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15d5a61\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03d9e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-current-live-post-widget\" data-id=\"03d9e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"current-live-post-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"hero-post-widget\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2688x1795-scaled.jpg'); background-position: \">\n          <div class=\"post-left\">\n            <div class=\"call-logo order-md-2\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CHI-LibertyFund250-Logo-03-1.png\" alt=\"A Call To Liberty\" class=\"d-none d-lg-block\" \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CHI-LibertyFund250-Logo-02-1.png\" alt=\"A Call To Liberty\" class=\"d-block d-lg-none\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"post-meta order-md-1\">\n              <h4>October 2025<\/h4>\n              <h2>Liberty &amp; Tyranny<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"post-widget\">\n            <div class=\"post-content\">\n              <div class=\"post-title\">\n                <h1>Holding Ourselves Accountable: What the Declaration Says About Just Conduct of Governments<\/h1>\n                <p>An essay by Elizabeth Amato<\/p>              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"post-question\">\n                <p>The Declaration sets out standards for the just conduct of government: To what degree are these still relevant to American politics today? <\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/holding-ourselves-accountable-what-the-declaration-says-about-just-conduct-of-governments\/\" class=\"button\" onclick=\"markAsRead(179)\">Read More<\/a>            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<!-- Letter from the editor -->\n\t\t<div class=\"container lfe-container\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2688x1795-scaled.jpg'); background-position: \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\"><\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col lfe-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f-head fell-great f-blue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Letter from the Editors<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f-p montserrat f-blue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>I had made no secret in or out of Congress of my Opinion that Independence was become indispensable; and I was perfectly sure, that in a little time the whole Continent would be of my Mind. I rather rejoiced in this as a fortunate Circumstance, that the Idea was held up to the whole World, and that the People could not avoid contemplating it and reasoning about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-John Adams, May 1775<\/p>\n<p>Popular government rests on persuading the public that both justice and necessity are satisfied by the actions the people&#8217;s representatives choose from day to day. This month&#8217;s essays grapple with different aspects of how and why the leaders in the colonies grew convinced that revolution was the right course of action in the face of tyranny of King, later outlined in unrelenting detail in the Declaration&#8217;s Intolerable Acts. As Adams notes, to speak of these acts\u2014whether the quartering of troops, the discouragement of immigration into America, or taxation without representation\u2014was to foreground the importance of independence, and to write them down and name them as &#8220;intolerable&#8221; was to make that independence a necessity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>        \n\n\n        <!-- Home: Countdown article ACF description & Related Media of current-live countdown article -->\n        <div class=\"row home_cda_relmedia_wrap\">\n          \n          <div class=\"col home_desc_wrap\">\n            <h3 class=\"h3-20 fell-great blue3000 mb-4\"><span>This Month's Further Reading and Listening<\/span><\/h3>\n            <div class=\"p-20 lato neu5000\">\n              <p><p>This month&#8217;s exploration of liberty and tyranny brings you essays by Elizabeth Amato and Josh Herring. Once you have explored those, we offer you, as always, a range of other material to inspire further thought. If you&#8217;re in the mood to listen to something interesting, try Jack Greene&#8217;s comments on tyranny and the Declaration or Peter Boettke on the proper role of government. A video from AdamSmithWorks helps explore Smith&#8217;s views about auhority. If you&#8217;re more interested in something new (or very old) to read, try Liberty Fund&#8217;s edition of <em>The Crisis\u00a0<\/em>or our ever-growing collection of Revolutionary war era pamphlets, selected for us by Jack Greene.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"col home_relmedia_wrap\">\n            <div class=\"d-flex flex-row flex-wrap\">\n                            <div class=\"home-rc-item\">\n                  <div class=\"home-rc-item-media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Greene-Wood-Square.png)\"><\/div>\n                  <p class=\"small-20 lato neu4000\"><span>Video<\/span><\/p>\n                  <h4 class=\"h4-20 lato neu5000 mb-0\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IACmGtV3A-s\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Green on the Declaration and the Tyranny of the King<\/a><\/u><\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.econtalk.org\/peter-boettke-on-public-administration-liberty-and-the-proper-role-of-government\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Peter Boettke on Public Administration, Liberty, and the Proper Role of Government<\/a><\/u><\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"home-rc-item\">\n                  <div class=\"home-rc-item-media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ASW-Logo.png)\"><\/div>\n                  <p class=\"small-20 lato neu4000\"><span>Video<\/span><\/p>\n                  <h4 class=\"h4-20 lato neu5000 mb-0\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamsmithworks.org\/documents\/the-role-of-authority-747f67a7-615a-48cb-b561-99946aa1e157\" target=\"_blank\">The Role of Authority<\/a><\/u><\/h4>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"home-rc-item\">\n                  <div class=\"home-rc-item-media\" 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Declaration's past, present, and future.<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"count\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ch-monthctr-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>9<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<h4>months to go<\/h4>\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ch-button-wrap\"><a class=\"lato p-16\" href=\"\/countdown-to-anniversary\/\"><span>View Countdown Archive<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"calendar-grid\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/a-river-fed-by-many-streams\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bg-img2.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(37)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>24<\/span>\n                        <h3>Liberty v. 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background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(168)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>20<\/span>\n                        <h3>Political Institutions<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Republican Government after the Digital Revolution<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Does technology fundamentally alter the basis for representative government? Does it give us cause to reconsider the principles of the Declaration?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published November 2024<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/against-authority\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CHI-LibertyFund250-November2024-Religion-web.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(169)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>19<\/span>\n                        <h3>Philosophy & Theology<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Against Authority<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>How important are religious and Enlightenment ideas to the concepts in the Declaration? Are these influences necessarily in conflict?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published December 2024<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/economic-wisdom-for-tumultuous-times\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CHI-LibertyFund250-January2025-Economy-web.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(170)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>18<\/span>\n                        <h3>Political Economy<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Economic Wisdom for Tumultuous Times<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Why do we find ourselves refighting the same debates between open markets and mercantilism that preoccupied the 18th century?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published January 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/educational-experience-and-the-challenge-to-empire\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CHI-LibertyFund250-February2025-Education.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(171)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>17<\/span>\n                        <h3>Education<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Educational Experience and the Challenge to Empire<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>What in the Founders\u2019 education prepared them to be able to craft the Declaration? To what degree did it challenge the ideals of empire?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published February 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/conditions-of-revolution-sic-sometimes-tyrannis\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CHI-LibertyFund250-March2025-Liberty.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(172)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>16<\/span>\n                        <h3>Liberty and Tyranny<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Conditions of Revolution: Sic Sometimes Tyrannis<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>What sustains liberty? Does the Declaration offer a model for future political resistance to tyrants? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published March 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/declaring-war-and-loyalty\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Main-Image.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(173)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>15<\/span>\n                        <h3>War & Peace<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Declaring War\u2014and Loyalty<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>The Declaration did not just declare American independence, but implicitly declared war on England. What happens to the voices of loyalists in the shadow of the revolution?  <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published April 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/constitutional-tourism-australias-america\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CHI-LibertyFund250-May2025-Law.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(174)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>14<\/span>\n                        <h3>Law & Constitutionalism<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Constitutional Tourism: Australia&#8217;s America<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>What is the constitutional importance of the Declaration of Independence? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published May 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/men-will-be-men-religious-and-enlightenment-ideas-in-the-declaration\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Web-Liberty-Fund-June-scaled.jpg) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(175)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>13<\/span>\n                        <h3>Philosophy and Theology<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Men Will Be Men: Religious and Enlightenment Ideas in the Declaration<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Shifts in our prevailing philosophies and theologies seem to make the Declaration\u2019s ideals little more than a pleasant fiction. Is the Declaration's ideal of lasting importance for religious and philosophical thinkers?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published June 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/war-the-dreaded-enemy-of-liberty\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Liberty-Fund-July-Desktop.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(176)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>12<\/span>\n                        <h3>War & Peace<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>War: The Dreaded Enemy of Liberty<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>The American Revolution and subsequent constitution of the newly-formed United States reflected some of the key ideas of liberalism\u2014natural rights, government by consent, and limits on state power. Can war be contained by liberal ideals? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published July 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/reviving-civic-education-through-conversation\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2688x1795.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(177)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>11<\/span>\n                        <h3>Education<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Reviving Civic Education through Conversation<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Education is increasingly technological and individualized. Can this be conducive to producing citizens who share a common set of political ideals?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published August 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/on-the-law-of-the-declaration-of-independence\/\" class=\"grid-item past\" style=\"background:#F9D2DC url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Desktop-2688x1795-1.png) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: overlay;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(178)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>10<\/span>\n                        <h3>Law & Constitutionalism<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>On the Law of the Declaration of Independence<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>How did the multi-stranded Western legal tradition help frame the Declaration? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published September 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/250th\/holding-ourselves-accountable-what-the-declaration-says-about-just-conduct-of-governments\/\" class=\"grid-item current\" style=\"background:#B30036 url(https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2688x1795-scaled.jpg) no-repeat 50% 35%; background-size:cover; background-blend-mode: multiply;\" onclick=\"markAsRead(179)\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>9<\/span>\n                        <h3>Liberty & Tyranny<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Holding Ourselves Accountable: What the Declaration Says About Just Conduct of Governments<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>The Declaration sets out standards for the just conduct of government: To what degree are these still relevant to American politics today? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Published October 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n            <div class=\"grid-item next-1-3\" style=\"background:  background-blend-mode: ;\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>8<\/span>\n                        <h3>Equality<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Dictum vestibulum felis sollicitudin<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>What must we consider going forward to fulfill the Declaration\u2019s claim that we are self-evidently equal? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Coming in November 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <div class=\"grid-item next-1-3\" style=\"background:  background-blend-mode: ;\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>7<\/span>\n                        <h3>Political Economy<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Fusce fringilla eros at erat maximus tempus<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Both the Declaration and Adam Smith\u2019s Wealth of Nations were published in 1776. Do these works share similar preoccupations and concerns? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Coming in December 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <div class=\"grid-item next-1-3\" style=\"background:  background-blend-mode: ;\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>6<\/span>\n                        <h3>Philosophy\/Theology<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Fermentum mi sit amet, commodo velit<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Modern Americans live with a kind of religious and cultural diversity that the Founders would have a hard time imagining. Does the Declaration offer us the tools to help navigate these differences and dissensions? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Coming in January 2026<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <div class=\"grid-item next-4-8\" style=\"background:  background-blend-mode: ;\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>5<\/span>\n                        <h3>Equality<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>In hac habitasse platea dictumst<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Contemporary debates over the Declaration and America\u2019s founding suggest that the Declaration enshrines inequality at the core of our public life. How do the political compromises that were necessary to agree on the Declaration continue to haunt us?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Coming in February 2026<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <div class=\"grid-item next-4-8\" style=\"background:  background-blend-mode: ;\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>4<\/span>\n                        <h3>Political Institutions<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Ultrices vitae imperdiet eu, pretium vel tortor<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>How did the Declaration seek to vindicate the political rights of the colonists? <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Coming in March 2026<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <div class=\"grid-item next-4-8\" style=\"background:  background-blend-mode: ;\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>3<\/span>\n                        <h3>Political Economy<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Many of the colonists\u2019 complaints centered on unjust taxation. 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Is it a dead hand holding us back or the backbone of our liberty?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Coming in May 2026<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <div class=\"grid-item other\" style=\"background:  background-blend-mode: ;\">                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"eyebrow\">\n                      <div class=\"theme\">\n                        <span>1<\/span>\n                        <h3>War & Peace<\/h3>\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"unread\">Unread<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-title\">\n                        <h2>Velit arcu finibus dui, sed semper tortor mauris id enim<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"post-question\">\n                        <p>Does the Declaration offer a practical framework for future decisions regarding just war?<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"meta\">\n                    <p>Coming in June 2026<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <!-- Final static grid item -->\n            <div class=\"grid-item final\">\n                <div class=\"post-content\">\n                    <div class=\"destination-date\">\n                        July 2026\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"destination-text\">\n                        250th Anniversary\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <script>\n    function markAsRead(postId) {\n        var readArticles = getCookie('read_articles');\n        var articles = readArticles ? 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