Tall, rich, and beautiful, Richmond was hard to ignore. His eyes in particular were “superb,” as one contemporary remembered; ...

The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s ...

The shameful final grievance of the Declaration of Independence This one-dimensional vision of Native Americans was new.

But in the reality show that has replaced a properly functioning system of democratic governance, we are fast approaching the ...

A man in a red knit cap yanked as hard as he could. “That’s just—my ankle—breaking!” Cam yelped. No one suggested slicing the ...

Trump may have ended the Gaza hostage crisis. Can he end the Gaza war? When Donald Trump brokered the Abraham Accords in his ...

With the exception of John Quincy Adams, no other son of a Founder rose to his father’s stature. The unluckiest of all may ...

As naval vessels filled the Delaware River that day, crowds amassed along the shorelines to cheer. When the sun began to set, fireworks, bonfires, and candles were lit throughout the city.

Hamilton feared the mob. Jefferson warned against unchecked elites. But both thought that the republic could fall.

The question of what Jefferson meant by “all men” has defined American law and politics for too long.

She co-founded The Free Press as a bastion of liberalism in an illiberal time. Her arrival at CBS is paved with excuses for ...

The administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce for a rounding error’s worth in savings.