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Why do we consider the founding of this country to be such a momentous event that changed the trajectory of world history?  Think about this: governments had risen and fallen from power for millennia before our country's birth.  What was the one big idea that made our founding so unique and its effects long-lasting?  To answer this lofty question, we are thrilled to have a leading American scholar as our guest today.  Dr. Samuel Postell is Assistant Director of the Lyceum Scholars Program at Clemson University and will expand upon the origins of checks and balances in our U. S. Constitution and what inspired the founders!