The Freemen News-Letter
The Freemen News-Letter is a publication hosted by The Freemen Foundation, with newsletters covering various topics, including popular culture, history, book reviews, education, legal analysis, constitutional law & scholarship, political theory, international affairs, economics, outdoorsmanship, conservative living, theology, philosophy, and long-form essays.
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Our Mission
In line with The Freemen Foundation’s mission to conserve and renew American constitutionalism, the mission of the Freemen News-Letter is to provide a space for an intellectual dialogue and dialectic on American society, American government, and American culture. We recognize that the idea of American constitutionalism reflects both the written and unwritten realities of what constitutes a nation, and that discovering such realities requires the interaction of various perspectives. While the Freemen News-Letter will not be operated as an open forum (we will curate content to ensure it falls within the vision and general ideals of The Freemen Foundation), we nevertheless want contributors to explore the issues, to offer their opinions, and to even engage in healthy and respectful debates as we explore the traditions, principles, and future of American constitutionalism.
Our Newsletters
The Freemen News-Letter publishes a newsletter, at minimum, each morning of the week. Additional posts may be published each morning as a special issue. Our list of newsletters and their typical schedule are as follows:
Self-Evident: This is our political philosophy and republicanism newsletter, offering perspectives on the first principles of free government relevant to timely topics and timeless values. Published every other Friday.
Artificial Reason: Our newsletter for constitutional discussion and legal analysis, with contributions discussing and debating the development of American constitutionalism, the constitutional questions of our time, and questions regarding historical and contemporary legal questions. Published every other Friday.
The Deep Roots: Our history newsletter, with content teaching, discussing, and debating the impacts of American history and relevant world history to the development of American constitutionalism and free societies. Published every other Monday.
Out of the Best Books: Our non-fiction book review newsletter, with reviews on both classic and contemporary books related to history, politics, and philosophy. Published as a Special Issue from time to time.
City On a Hill: Our newsletter for international affairs and foreign policy, with contributions wrestling with the reality of America as both the first and foremost free nation in the world and as the default leader of the free world through our military strength and economic capacity. Published every Wednesday.
The Essayist: Our newsletter for long-form essay treatments on various topics, with a higher academic rigor than our other newsletters. Published as a Special Issue from time to time.
Vine & Fig Tree: Our newsletter for economic theory and economic policy, with contributions discussing the benefits of the free market, property rights, and consumer-driven societies. Published every other Monday.
Conviction & Conscience: Our newsletter for discussions on theology and conservative lifestyles, with contributions exploring the importance of religion in developing virtue in a free society and other important aspects of navigating the liberty afforded in a free society without falling into vice and licentiousness. Published on Sundays from time to time.
The Rank Pundit: Our newsletter for shorter, news cycle-based observations and arguments offered by any previous or current contributors. Published every Wednesday.
The Timberline: Our newsletter for outdoorsmanship, including contributions discussing hunting, hiking, camping, fishing, and all other topics related to outdoor living. Published on Saturdays from time to time.
The Seeing Place: Our popular culture newsletter, with movie reviews, video game reviews, fiction book reviews, and much more. Published on Saturdays from time to time.
Men With Chests: Our newsletter for discussing manhood, gentlemanliness, and the general role of men in a free and healthy society. Published every other Monday.
The Freewoman: Our newsletter for discussing womanhood, motherliness, family, and power and strength of women in a free and healthy society. Published every other Monday.
Please note that subscribers can choose to follow all, only some, or even just one of our offered newsletters depending on the desired content they would like delivered to their inbox.
Who Writes Our Content?
The content of our newsletters is provided by a rotating list of freelance contributors, our editorial staff, and a committed list of contributing freelance columnists. All of our writers are listed on our Masthead.
In keeping with our mission to provide discussion, dialectic, and debate, we publish broad views and perspectives on our relevant topics, and while our editorial staff will endeavor to ensure our content stays within the broad scope of our non-profit vision, nothing published in the Freemen News-Letter should be construed as reflecting the opinions or views of the Freemen News-Letter, the Freemen Foundation, or the Executive Board.
All published content, including pieces written by editorial staff, reflect the views and opinions of the author(s) alone.
Crucially, in keeping with the Freemen Foundation’s charter to operate within the legal boundaries of 501(c)3 tax exemption, neither the Freemen Foundation nor the Freemen News-Letter offers endorsements of political candidates, engages in legislative lobbying as a major activity in our efforts, or operates as a partisan actor in any capacity. To the extent any of the content published by the Freemen News-Letter, including that authored by any member of our editorial staff, engages in such activity, it is as a reflection of the personal opinion of the author and is not endorsed by the Freemen Foundation or the Freemen News-Letter.
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About The Freemen Foundation
The Freemen Foundation is a nonprofit effort based in Utah with the mission of conserving and renewing American constitutionalism, built upon the fusionism of the founding project inherent in the balance of concerns between virtue, sovereignty, and liberty. The Freemen News-Letter is its flagship offering, and in future years hopes to expand to additional printed offerings as well as the hosting of roundtables, debates, and conferences on American constitutionalism.
