About this episode

The episode features a discussion with former Virginia legislator Nick Freitas about the concept of commonwealth and its implications in modern political discourse.

Along with Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Massachusetts, Virginia describes itself as a commonwealth. In reality, a commonwealth is no different from a state. But in the English of colonial times, “commonwealth” denoted something along the lines of “a state for the common good”, and had a more revolutionary connotation. The state was for the people, not the people for the state. In some ways, this has been carried through to the present day. In other ways, it has not. This week, my colleague here at Heritage Christian Lasval, had the privilage of sitting down with former Virginia legislator Nick Freitas to talk about Virginia, his experience in our current political discourse, and what we can learn from The Mother of States. --- Email us with thoughts, questions, or suggestions: HeritageExplains@heritage.org --- Follow Nick Freitas on X: https://x.com/NickJFreitas

People in this episode

Host: Lasval

Guest: Nick Freitas

Topics covered

• Virginia
• political discourse
• commonwealth
• state governance
• historical context

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heritage Christian

Places: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Massachusetts

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