Christopher Flannery
Christopher Flannery is a Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, contributing editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and author of The American Story podcast.
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I Kiss the Ground
You see in Capra’s films his lifelong love for the American common man. I “didn’t think he was common,” Capra said. “I thought he was the hope of the world."
American Moses
This story appears annually at tomklingenstein.com on April 23, in commemoration of 250 years—and counting—of American independence.
Paul Revere’s Ride
When Longfellow published “Paul Revere’s Ride,” few Americans remained who had a living memory of the American Revolution.
We Are All Americans
By the morning of April 9, Lee had concluded that “there is nothing left me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.”
Washington
Great men are the ambassadors of Providence sent to reveal to their fellow men their unknown selves.
O Captain, My Captain!
When Lincoln was among us, he said, “one of Plutarch’s men talked with us face to face.”
First Man of the Universe
Benjamin Franklin was a great man, not just for his time, but for all time.
American New Year
Winter has turned to spring, summer to fall, and back to winter. This cosmic new beginning inspires a kind of Napoleonic ambition.