The First Ladies Association for Research and Education, FLARE, held it first national conference entitled, “In Celebration of Betty Ford’s 50th Anniversary as First Lady and Betty Ford’s 40^th Anniversary of her historic 1984 first ladies conference” on April 26, 2024, at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

John Jay is the neglected author of The Federalist. He only wrote five of the papers, but four of them are among the first five.

Today is the birthday of Benjamin Harrison, the 23^rd U.S. president and the only president ever elected from the state of Indiana, which is not far from where I’m writing this morning.

Last week we introduced our readers to The Federalist, that collection of essays essential to understanding the animating ideas and principles of American Constitutionalism.

Everyone has opinions about brisket rubs, and pitmasters like Rodney Scott have won the prestigious James Beard award.

Students today often view history as a fascinating but largely useless subject – the sort of thing you study for pleasure but not the most practical of activities.

Over the next months, we will be presenting a series on The Federalist, which many persons and scholars take to be the definitive interpretation of The Constitution.

From August 6-9, the Ford celebrated the 50th anniversary of Gerald and Betty Ford becoming president and first lady of the United States.

This Friday, August 9, marks the 50th anniversary of Gerald Ford's swearing-in as the 38th President of the United States.

What was Gerald R. Ford’s greatest achievement as president?

The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and by every President under the Constitution.

In his 1979 autobiography, “A Time to Heal,” President Ford mentioned former President Woodrow Wilson.

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has not generated the kind of self-critical examination that we need to undertake if we are to avoid repeating mistakes in the future.

Some years ago I attended a conference that brought together political practitioners and academics to see what we could learn from one another’s work.

In the 1980s, kudos were given to Ronald Reagan for introducing Star Wars technology that shielded America from nuclear attack and forced an expensive Soviet response.

A recent essay over at Quillette observed that "The near assassination of Donald Trump was a brazen attack on democracy."

It is the fatal habit of college professors to seek out and try to exploit “teachable moments”

No single American Founder lived to be so badly burned by the work of his own hands as John Adams.

Tolkien’s timeless epic, The Lord of the Rings, is one of the bestselling books of all time and Peter Jackson’s three-part film adaptation of Tolkien’s classic is one of the highest grossing movies of all time.

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