Two Things America Is Doing Right at 250

Roundtable after the Bradley Prize award ceremony, May 14, 2026

On May 14, 2026, James Hankins was awarded the prestigious Bradley Prize, along with Senator Phil Gramm and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik. After the award ceremony, at which each recipient gave an acceptance speech (for James Hankins’ speech, click here), all three men sat down for a roundtable discussion with Kimberley A. Strassel of the Wall Street Journal, herself a Bradley Prize winner in 2014.

The Golden Thread features a typescript of the portions of the roundtable when James Hankins responded to questions (including timestamps for finding these sections within the video). For the excerpts (including video links), click here.

To watch the full rountable directly, click here . A brief biographical video of each recipient was also shown at the ceremony. Click here for the video about James Hankins.