For better or worse, education can shape who we are, and Thomas Jefferson knew that.

As an ex-academic I like to keep my finger on the pulse of what goes on in higher learning in America

After Madison’s digression into history in the previous three papers, Hamilton returns his attention in Federalist 21 to what he regards as the greatest flaws of the government under the Articles of Confederation…

In his book, The World Beyond Your Head, Matthew Crawford writes that “attention is the one thing that is most one’s own...we choose what to pay attention to, and in a very real sense this determines what is real for us; what is actually present to our consciousness.”

America and the world have changed enormously since the first thanksgiving 353 years ago. From a tiny coastal enclave on an untamed continent, we have grown into the mightiest, freest nation in human history.

It is difficult to think of two world leaders who present a starker contrast than the 38^th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, and the current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. 

The use and interpretation of the historical record presents one of the more interesting aspects of the American Constitutional period.

Most histories are written about events that have actually transpired, unless they are fanciful “alternative histories.”

As we commemorate the 50^th anniversary of Gerald Ford’s inauguration, we are invited to reflect upon his legacy.

At the end of Federalist 16 Hamilton wisely warned us against expecting too much from either government itself or a plan for government.

It seems that we sometimes forget the long struggle and the hard-won gains of the social rights movement.

Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz engaged in a notably cordial and substantive debate, demonstrating a level of policy discussion that many observers, including myself, did not anticipate.

In Federalist 16, Hamilton continued the argument he made in 15 and raises the stakes.

1. How secure is mail-in balloting?

Absentee voting by mail is secure.

Of all the subjects at the forefront of this year’s presidential campaign, we do not hear much about foreign policy.

The challenges of a lack of union, especially a problem in trade and commerce and security, occupied Publius in essays 11-14; in the subsequent nine essays thoughts concerning the crisis of union achieve a heightened clarity.

Nellie Bowles, author of Morning After the Revolution (2024), loves San Francisco.

In an interview that had him reflecting back over his life and political career, Gerald Ford was once asked to name his greatest regret.

Madison begins Federalist 14 by restating the arguments made in the first 13 papers

Presidential transitions have taken place since Washington passed the baton to Adams. Many of these transitions were smooth and straightforward, but more than a few were far from stress-free.