Treason, Reason, History, and OurStory - Special Guest Kermit Roosevelt III
b'We continue our discussion with Professor Roosevelt of his new book, The Nation That Never Was. We revisit our debate on the Declaration of Independence and specifically, the meaning of \\u201call men are created equal.\\u201d This has profound implications, it turns out, for evaluating the 1788 transition from Articles of Confederation to U.S. Constitution, the 1861 secession, and the great Reconstruction moment of the later 1860\\u2019s.\\xa0 Were these all secessions of a sort?\\xa0 Were they extra-legal?\\xa0 Were they treasonous?\\xa0 And finally, what sort of national narrative can we coherently draw from all this?\\xa0 Profound implications, especially when one considers the arguments and claims of the recent 1619 project, emerge.'