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Conservatism is an ideology rooted in American founding principles. It prioritizes individual choice and rights over big government, one-size-fits-all solutions and viewpoints. 

First Principles Essays

Mar 4, 2025

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How to Think About the Foundations of American Conservatism

Dec 10, 2008 28 min read

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The Lee Edwards Lecture in Conservative Leadership

May 14

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Free Enterprise and the Common Good Alexander Salter, PhD

Apr 11, 2023 38 min read

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How Thanksgiving Started in the United States

Did you know that for much of the 19th century, Thanksgiving was only celebrated by New Englanders and Northeastern

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American Individualism, Rightly Understood Samuel Gregg, Ph.D.

Nov 21, 2022 37 min read

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The 5 Most Important Issues This Election

Tim Doescher: Heritage Explains listeners, thank you so much for downloading this podcast every single week. We so

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A Tale of Three Presidential Houses: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Brenda Hafera

Jul 27, 2022 Over an hour read

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7 Challenges Policymakers Must Address

The Heritage Foundation recently announced a set of strategic policy priorities (the big issues) that will form the roadmap

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Federalism in Crisis: Urgent Action Required to Preserve Self-Government Diane Katz

Nov 30, 2021 About an hour read

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Why Britain Can't Stand Joe Biden

This week, Nile Gardiner, director of Heritage’s Thatcher Center for Freedom, explains why Britain can’t stand President Joe

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