Out of the seven ‘Founding Fathers,’ only John Adams and Samuel Adams didn’t own slaves. Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery ...

Sen. Ted Cruz joined other X users in roasting Al Sharpton for invoking the names of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson ...

Before the vote on the city of Aspen Referendum No. 1, that would give a minority (40%) control over Parks and Open Space issues affecting the future of Aspen, I would encourage the voters ...

James Madison University professor Rebecca Brannon studies age and the American Revolution. She says her students are often ...

Madison agreed and concluded that laws such as is proposed in Referendum 1 would create a situation whereby “the fundamental principle of free government would be reversed. It would no longer be the ...

But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...

It was John Marshall, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835, who anticipated this day.

America’s founding fathers — having just won independence from a monarchy — designed the Constitution to prevent a dangerous consolidation of power. As James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers, ...

the Founding Fathers were animated by the idea that public education was an essential ingredient of America’s radical experiment in self-government. James Madison quipped: “A popular ...