Strengthening America’s Thread of Liberty

American Thinker ^ | 9 Jul, 2026 | J.B. Shurk

[MtnClimber]

There is an eighty-five minute documentary that you should watch. It is called The Thread of Liberty: Keeping Our Republic. It comes from Ned Ryun, the author and American Majority CEO who wrote a very good book called American Leviathan two years ago, a work that was subsequently turned into an excellent documentary about our country’s oppressive administrative state. Ryun directed and produced this new film to celebrate America’s two-hundred-fiftieth birthday. While working on the project, he served on President Trump’s 1776 Commission.

I really appreciate what Ryun accomplishes with his books and documentaries. In effect, he reminds Americans of their birthright, while giving them a refresher course on the historical and intellectual struggles that have brought us to this point in time.

Mixing arguments from history, philosophy, political science, and Christianity in an effort to encourage freedom-loving Americans to protect and preserve their country is not easy. Ryun wants conservatives to get out and vote during an era when a lot of people have begun to see elections as useless exercises in performative theater. He wants Christians to take their civic duties seriously during a century when corporate officers and government officials regularly demonize Christians. He wants people to understand why they should continue fighting for the principles underlying American Exceptionalism during an amoral, nihilistic, anti-American age when cultural and political leaders often detest and publicly denounce the United States. These are difficult tasks.

In my own writing, I do my best to remind readers why they should be proud of their country. Sometimes people are quick to express in the comments that there is little to celebrate because the country is all but lost. Other times, commenters will point out that the time for history lessons and philosophical arguments has already come and gone.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: freedom

[MtnClimber]

If people paid attention, it would be easy to have primary challengers and to vote the RINOs out of office.

[sauropod]

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