The Men Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Just reporting the incredible careers of these five men is exhausting!
John Dickinson and the Case Against Independence
Only by understanding the risks and terrors Dickinson predicted can we fully appreciate the courage of those who were determined to face them.
The Founders and the Constitution, Part 2: John Adams
Although John Adams didn’t attend the 1787 Constitutional Convention, he laid much of the groundwork.
The ideas that formed the Constitution: part 5: Aristotle
James Madison admired Aristotle’s work “The Politeia.”
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 4: the pioneers: Socrates, Xenophon, Plato
Some Federalists expressed pride in the Constitution precisely because they considered it more reality-based than Plato’s “Republic.”
