Is there an American myth of 1776?

Is there an American myth of 1776?

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Was the persona of George Washington exaggerated after his death so that Americans could rally around this figure politically? The answer couldn’t be more clear. It’s a timely conversation given the 250th celebration underway throughout the country, coupled with the Socialist takeover of Democrat politics...

What do Benjamin Franklin and Molly Pitcher have in common?

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Benjamin Franklin and Molly Pitcher reveal how courage, humility, and virtue sustain liberty in moments of crisis. From the battlefield at Monmouth to the Constitutional Convention, their stories show that freedom depends on character, faith, and ordinary people willing to stand when history demands moral conviction and selfless action...

This is what made Samuel Adams so special

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Samuel Adams emerges as a driving force behind American independence, organizing revolutionary energy when many still doubt freedom is possible. His conviction, strategy, and persistence help turn a distant dream into a determined movement, making him a catalyst who pushes the colonies toward courage, unity, resistance, and lasting self-government...

What makes America truly exceptional?

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Our Constitution and religious beliefs have been under assault for decades by many who stand opposed to American values and virtues. Because it’s these two elements that are at the heart of American exceptionalism. Victor Davis Hanson expounds accurately on American exceptionalism - what made it and what will destroy it...

Columbia taught her how to be a good socialist, but she refused

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Columbia promotes socialism while ignoring thinkers who defend liberty, free markets, and constitutional principles. John Witherspoon’s Princeton legacy contrasts sharply with today’s ideological classrooms, while Liza Libes’s Soviet family history exposes socialism’s true cost and reminds readers why education must recover truth, goodness, beauty, and honest historical memory...