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It's Wendell Berry's birthday! 🍓🍰 Read our own Gracy Olmstead's interview with TAC's favorite farmer-turned-philosopher. Spoiler alert, he's a Burkean.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/wendell-berry-burkean/

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Taking applications for the Fall now!

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/fall-interns-wanted/

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Imagine a GOP that's "more communitarian than libertarian in its general approach, more Hamiltonian than Jeffersonian on economic policy, and more Nixonian than Cheneyan on foreign policy." If Trump loses, such a party may become possible.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trumpism-after-trump/

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These photos by Richard Hill offer rare prismatic views of the rally in downtown Dallas yesterday.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/eye-on-downtown-dallas/

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The movie theater was once at the center of American community, vital to the cultural and even intellectual life of a city. Theater owners and city planners today are revitalizing cinemas as centers of civic engagement, formed around the specific character of their urban place but grounded in the old movie house tradition. Read the whole story by Tim Markatos in our New Urbs section.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/how-cinema-returned-to-the-city/

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Happy Independence Day! Read about the battle that inspired our national anthem on our homepage. #4thofjuly #independenceday #nationalanthem #starspangledbanner #patriotism #americanflag #fireworks

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Loving your country starts with loving your neighbors, your city, your state. #4thofjuly #independenceday #foundingfathers #founders #patriotism #local

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Check out our Fourth of July homepage takeover, celebrating America's past, present, and future. #4thofjuly #independenceday #foundingfathers #founders #patriotism

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Meet Fisher Ames, the forgotten Founding Father, on our #4thofjuly homepage takeover. 🇺🇸 #independenceday #foundingfathers #founders #patriotism

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This 4th of July, remember the sacrifices of those who built America. Check out our 4th of July takeover on the homepage 🇺🇸 #4thofjuly #independenceday #patriotism

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There is hardly an enemy we have not called a fascist. It is a word used (or rather spat) by every side and all with equal venom—how does one begin to define it? As Allen Mendenhall traces its furious history, the spirit of fascism begins to take form. "Head+House+Light" by Umberto Boccioni

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/in-search-of-fascism/

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Honoring James Madison, who died on this day 180 years ago. But we have to admit, it's been a long 180 years of taking what he wrote as gospel. Read Kevin Gutzman's piece on a new understanding of Madison's writing—that brings into question our cultish faith in the Constitutional Convention. Original art by Michael Hogue.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/can-you-trust-james-madison/

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Our current issue's cover story is live on the homepage! Click the link in our bio to find out how Trump got this far. #Trump #election2016 #DonaldTrump (at The White House)

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On the homepage: Wise words about how we use social media these days. Click the link in bio to read more. #Caravaggio #Narcissus #socialmedia #twitter #selfie #selfreflection #mindfulness