Discovering our great Republic anew.
Arthur Brown, Willa Cather, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, Zora Neale Hurston and Daniel Burnham. If all these names ring true and deep in your historical knowledge of America, then I applaud you. If, however, they only bring a slight note of recognition, or perhaps none at all, then welcome to the club. You are certainly not alone.
The aforementioned names are among the cultural icons of American history, not just great in the American milieu, but some of the most notable artists and writers in world history. They are the cornerstone of the Golden Age of American culture, central to the American Renaissance in our art, architecture, and literature. They are just a passing few among a much more significant group of American artists. And yet, they are largely unknown to Americans today. Why?
I am not a scholar of any renown. I have four years of college behind me, but I didn’t pursue an advanced degree in the culture and history of America. I am a layman. With that said, 16 years of schooling in the United States should have gifted me some knowledge of the greatness and beauty of our American culture. Instead, my education was a wasteland, yet another example of the barrenness and tragedy of public education in our nation.
A life of learning is one of the great rewards of living. Taking the path of exploration in knowledge is one of the great pleasures of one’s life. What is more American than being self-taught, finding the beauty in greater knowledge and learning and losing yourself in the process of discovery? All it takes is a window cracked open, a door left afar, and off one goes. We merely need inspiration and that slight nudge. But who will nudge us, given that our schools are no longer capable?
I have been blessed in life to have been taken down these paths of historical knowledge which I am still journeying on. A former boss introduced me to Henry Hope Reed’s magisterial classic The Golden City which illuminates the great American Renaissance of classically inspired architecture from 1876 to 1917. Hence, I learnt of Arthur Brown, Daniel Burnham, and so many others, and of the beauty of the classical buildings spreading from Washington D.C. to San Francisco.
A Wall Street Journal article on the Hudson River School led to my discovery of the incredible period of landscape painting in America from about 1825 to 1870, to Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Asher Durand, Frederic Church, and many more. The British historian Paul Johnson remarked that “from the 1820’s there emerged a school of landscape-painting (in America) the like of which the world has never seen.” The paintings are stunning, and awe inspiring in their reach to the heavens. And they are all ours, a part of our American heritage.
Reading Joseph Epstein’s wonderful short book, The Novel, Who Needs It, introduced me to Willa Cather, an early 20th century writer who Epstein considers the greatest American novelist of the 20th century. Not Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, or Steinbeck. Willa Cather. After reading of eight of her novels, I was stunned; Cather’s writing was among the best I have ever read, period. And my initial shock turned to disappointment and anger that I had to wait until the age of 60 to discover this exemplar of American literature. --->READ MORE HERE
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Nearly a year into his triumphant second term, Trump stands as a colossus, methodically dismantling the shadowy Deep State that has long strangled the will of the people. What began as a bold mandate from 75 million patriots in 2024 has evolved into a masterclass in executive resolve, yielding historic economic surges, ironclad border security, and a foreign policy that puts America first. Far from being bogged down by bureaucratic sabotage, Trump’s administration has turned resistance into rocket fuel, accelerating reforms that are already delivering unprecedented prosperity and security to everyday Americans.
The Deep State’s arsenal — leaks, delays, and outright insubordination — has been exposed and neutralized with surgical precision. Drawing lessons from his first term, where rogue bureaucrats in the FBI and DOJ orchestrated the Russia hoax and impeachments, Trump launched the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Day One, enlisting tech visionary Elon Musk to spearhead a blitzkrieg against waste. This innovative task force has slashed federal spending by billions, overseeing mass layoffs of obstructive civil servants and streamlining agencies bloated by decades of leftist overreach. Schedule F reforms, revived and expanded, have reclassified thousands of policy-influencing roles as at-will positions, empowering loyal patriots to replace the faceless apparatchiks who once weaponized government against conservatives. Critics wail about “politicization,” but this is justice — restoring accountability to a bureaucracy that betrayed the electorate by slow-walking Trump’s agenda and shielding illegal activities, from Crossfire Hurricane to the Hunter Biden laptop suppression.
The results are nothing short of miraculous. Despite the Deep State’s desperate rearguard actions — fomenting leaks and legal challenges — Trump’s economy is roaring back to pre-Biden glory. Since January 2025, the U.S. has added 671,000 net jobs, with native-born workers capturing every single gain while foreign-born employment plummeted by 543,000 — a direct win for American families sidelined by open-border policies. Core inflation hovers at a stable 2.1%, the lowest since Trump’s first term, defying the doomsayers who predicted tariff-induced chaos. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have shattered records multiple times, fueled by $7.6 trillion in pledged investments from companies and foreign governments eager to partner with a pro-growth America. Treasury coffers overflow with $90 billion in tariff revenues, posting the first June surplus since 2005 and funding infrastructure without a dime in new taxes. These aren’t accidents; they’re the fruits of Trump’s reciprocal trade war, slapping 10–50% duties on unfair partners like China and India, forcing fair deals that protect steelworkers in Pennsylvania and farmers in Iowa.
On the border, where Biden’s laxity unleashed chaos, Trump has forged an impenetrable fortress. The Laken Riley Act, signed into law in March 2025, mandates detention for criminal illegal aliens, commemorating the Georgia nursing student’s tragic murder by an MS-13 savage. ICE raids have deported over 250,000 offenders, invoking the Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan gangs like Tren de Aragua — a bold stroke blocked temporarily by activist judges but upheld in spirit by the Supreme Court. Nationwide, sanctuary cities like New York face federal ultimatums: End the shielding of 7,000-plus criminal illegals or lose funding. Birthright citizenship for anchor babies is under assault via executive order, and the border wall expands daily, slashing crossings by 90% in key sectors. Deep State holdouts in DHS tried to sabotage these efforts, but Trump’s loyalists — vetted warriors like Tom Homan and Stephen Miller — have rooted them out, ensuring that the wall isn’t just built, but effective. --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a relevant story:
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