17 Sep Happy Constitution Day!
Our Constitution exists in no small measure because of the tireless efforts of our Founders to convince the American people that it was needed. Writing 85 articles and essays published...
17 Sep Why celebrate the Constitution?
Perfect it is not. Nothing is. Some framers sought to outlaw slavery before realizing it was politically impossible at the time. And if they had it to do again, they...
20 Aug How does the Constitution Protect Against Threats Like ISIS?
For all of us currently alive who know only the United States, it may seem odd to consider the defense of the various states as individual bodies. That however, was...
20 Feb James Madison: Father of the Constitution
James Madison is generally regarded as the father of the United States Constitution. No other delegate was better prepared for the Federal Convention of 1787, and no one contributed more...
19 Feb About Roots of Liberty
The Federalist Papers, written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, were described by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written,”...