
Few Americans are more worthy of the big and small screen than Andrew Jackson—a poor, orphaned child of immigrants who fought in the American Revolution, moved to the frontier, and rose to become president of the United States. HBO is producing a six-hour miniseries based on Jon Meacham’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
by Jarrett Stepman18 Dec 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

What happened to the Golden State? In the mid-twentieth century, California was the American Dream within the American Dream; a booming economy, vibrant middle-class, and an unshakeable optimism for the future were hallmarks of a state that had become the crown jewel of the Empire of Liberty.
by Jarrett Stepman9 Dec 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

In an interview on Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Daily, historian Victor Davis Hanson spoke about the decline of his native California and increasing distance between the Democrat and Republican elites and average, middle-class Americans. Hanson is a columnist, former classics professor, scholar of ancient warfare, and the author of numerous books on history and politics, including his newest The Decline and Fall of California: From Decadence to Destruction.
by Jarrett Stepman8 Dec 2015, 9:44 AM PST0

Today marks the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor—one of the most stunning American military catastrophes in this country’s history and a moment that signaled a new era for the republic. The casualties were stunning—2,042 Americans were killed and 1,247 wounded, and most of the Pacific Fleet has taken heavy damage—and the nation was in a state of shock.
by Jarrett Stepman7 Dec 2015, 8:09 AM PST0

No historian has done a better job of chronicling Ronald Reagan’s rise to power than Craig Shirley. As always, Shirley is a perfect antidote to the “court historians” who never really “got” Reagan. Shirley’s books on Reagan’s 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns, Reagan’s Revolution and Rendezvous With Destiny, are the gold standard in describing the Gipper’s ascendence and successful capture of the White House.
by Jarrett Stepman5 Dec 2015, 1:27 PM PST0

Although often seen as a day to kick off the Christmas shopping season, Thanksgiving is perhaps the most deeply American holiday and its tradition is connected to the idea of “American exceptionalism.”
by Jarrett Stepman26 Nov 2015, 4:10 AM PST0

On Sunday, the Huffington Post ran an Op-Ed attacking presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for claiming that Ronald Reagan won the 1980 presidential election mostly on his conservative principles.
by Jarrett Stepman23 Nov 2015, 7:55 PM PST0

The American Left has finally caught on that one of the leading lights of the early Progressive movement was a racist, segregationist, and generally unseemly fellow. Princeton’s Black Justice League protestors have urged that early-twentieth century President Woodrow Wilson’s “racist legacy” be acknowledged, and any mention of his existence purged from campus.
by Jarrett Stepman22 Nov 2015, 11:40 AM PST0

In the vast effort to purge American history of anything out of step with the milieu of modern progressivism, college leftists have turned their wrath on one of the fathers of their movement: Woodrow Wilson.
by Jarrett Stepman19 Nov 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

It is a long-term and striking characteristic of the American people to show particular devotion to their soldiers. The famed French observer of American life, Alexis de Tocqueville, understood in the 1830’s how the people of a participatory republic like the United States would be both fierce in war and show an uncommon devotion to those who had served in the military.
by Jarrett Stepman11 Nov 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

On the November 9, Breitbart News Daily show on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 6AM to 9AM EST, host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will host and interview a number of guests. The program is the first live, conservative radio enterprise to air seven days a week. Sirius XM Vice President for news and talk Dave Gorab called the show “the conservative news show of record.”
by Jarrett Stepman8 Nov 2015, 5:08 PM PST0

Breitbart News radio, hosted by Breitbart Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon and co-hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, will now be airing 6:00-9:00am EST Mondays through Fridays.
by Jarrett Stepman26 Oct 2015, 1:00 PM PST0

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will discuss the most important news of the week. He will be talking to a GOP candidate in the 2016 presidential race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony at the Benghazi hearing, immigration, and much more.
by Jarrett Stepman25 Oct 2015, 11:33 AM PST0

In an interview with Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon, Fox News host and bestselling author Bill O’Reilly discussed his new book, Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault that Changed the Presidency. The book focuses on the failed murder attempt by John Hinckley, Jr. on President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in order to impress actress Jodie Foster.
by Jarrett Stepman30 Sep 2015, 1:45 PM PST0

At least two Republican presidential candidates will stand with Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. During Wednesday’s CNN’s Republican presidential debate, candidates were asked about the proposed changes to the $10 bill and the woman with whom they would prefer to replace the country’s first treasury secretary.
by Jarrett Stepman17 Sep 2015, 12:52 PM PST0

On August 30, President Barack Obama made an executive decision along with the Department of Interior to change the name of Alaska’s Mount McKinley to its Athabascan Indian name, “Denali.”
by Jarrett Stepman31 Aug 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

On August 27, Japan launched a new, Izumo-class helicopter carrier named the “Kaga” (DDH-184).
by Jarrett Stepman28 Aug 2015, 12:35 PM PST0

Seventy years ago, the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by Paul Tibbets, Jr., dropped an atomic bomb, Little Boy, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
by Jarrett Stepman6 Aug 2015, 9:07 AM PST0

Today is the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the USS. Indianapolis, of one of the most terrible catastrophes in the history of the United States Navy. After completing a mission to deliver parts for the atomic bomb that would fall on Hiroshima, the battleship was struck by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-58 en route to the Philippines.
by Jarrett Stepman30 Jul 2015, 10:15 AM PST0

On this day, in 1866, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was finally certified by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The amendment guarantees that no state “shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
by Jarrett Stepman28 Jul 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

Connecticut Democrats are dumping Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson from their annual fundraising dinner in response to the ongoing Confederate flag controversy. State Democratic party leaders voted unanimously to scrub the two famous Americans’ names due to the fact that they owned slaves.
by Jarrett Stepman23 Jul 2015, 8:09 AM PST0

On June 14, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) gave an impassioned speech about the need for school choice during the Senate debate on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind.
by Jarrett Stepman15 Jul 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

Today marks the 226th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in Paris, France. The euphoria experienced by those who believed they had finally shattered monarchical tyranny and aristocratic privilege was only matched by the horror of the following ‘Reign of Terror.’
by Jarrett Stepman14 Jul 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

The principles of Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonians are becoming the heart of the Republican Party and reflect its future in American politics. Though rarely regarded as part of the pantheon of conservative heroes, Jackson was the figurehead of a unique set of ideas that can and should be embraced by the Grand Old Party.
by Jarrett Stepman10 Jul 2015, 9:00 PM PST0

Though the very phrase “American Exceptionalism” is often mocked as simple-minded flag waving, there are concrete reasons that the American civilization is unique. The United States has a special place in world history. Despite the bumps, bruises, and outright contradictions that the country has muddled through in its very short existence, Americans can take pride in its numerous accomplishments, actions, and principles throughout the last two centuries.
by Jarrett Stepman3 Jul 2015, 9:00 PM PST0