https://freerepublic.com/tag/fuentesfan/ en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:19:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4402638/posts Hillsdale professor Kevin Slack says America was founded by settlers, not immigrants. He and Nick trace how the Progressive Era and the New Deal moved power from Congress and the states to an unelected bureaucracy, why the income tax made it possible, and why he says the founders never saw diversity as a strength. Then Nick asks the question hanging over all of it: can the Constitution, as it stands today, still protect the Republic? Nick Freitas and Hillsdale professor Kevin Slack https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4402638/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:19:17 GMT