Was 1775 really the main pivot point in the fight for independence? 1760? 1607? The Founders themselves weren’t sure.

James Madison, who drafted the Bill of Rights, insisted upon referring to speech as “the” freedom of speech, so as to ...

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America was never designed to be a theocracy. The Founders, while overwhelmingly Christian, rejected the European sacralist ...

There is a war raging across the United States on the role of religion in public life, and Ryan Walters is at the center of ...

The president has shattered America’s commitment to promoting democracy and international norms, replacing it with an erratic ...

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That was state Rep. Tom Jones’ ludicrous explanation for why his taxpayer-funded office is hosting a video lecture series ...

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has said no too many times for President Donald Trump’s liking. The Kentucky Republican makes no qualms about breaking from his party or its leader, having been the ...

It would do him even more good to read it every now and then, because he might just find that Thomas Jefferson’s masterwork — which is, after all, a ringing bill of particulars against King ...

Meghan Markle’s estranged dad, Thomas Markle, expressed his disproval of the duchess’s decision to change her last name to Sussex after marrying Prince Harry. “My mum loved Meghan very much ...