July 4, 1776— -- When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence known as the July 1776 Essex Broadside will go on the block later this month. Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare piece ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

The author of ‘The Greatest Sentence Ever Written,’ says, ‘Maybe reflecting on the Declaration of Independence and the values ...

It sometimes seems in America these days that our political divisions and polarization are unprecedented, but history reminds us otherwise. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, concluding ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Today’s column was going to be about earmarks and pork-barrel spending. Or why the governor ...

July Fourth marked 249 years since the 13 American colonies rejected a British monarch and embraced freedom. But as we enter the first days of our 250th year on this Earth, it feels like we’re moving ...

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...