George Washington

The making of a myth.

A brief history of the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Espionage has always been with us, but its rapid growth over the past century may have undermined trust in government.

The 1790s debate shows that, even when they aim at moral goods, tariffs abet cronyism and corruption.

The university’s last “finest hour” was more than 200 years ago.

For strivers like Lincoln, guides to rhetoric had a special currency in the nineteenth century.

Why was Boston and Massachusetts the site of so much early Revolutionary activity?

Widening the lens to capitalism itself could yield insights on how to close the gap.

The revolutionary roots of a corrosive national pastime.

Why should a country want or need allies? President Donald Trump and his followers seem to disdain the idea. So did George Washington.

The U.S. faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings — a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.

After 170 years of armed attacks, forced relocations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Native Americans, the U.S. military wants to celebrate.

A new book celebrates an American political dynasty dedicated to public service. Why have they been forgotten?

The founders anticipated someone like Trump partly because they’d been reading Edward Gibbon’s 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'

The “Indian peach” survived a genocide—but can it withstand climate change?

American democracy has been haunted by the spectre of a Caesar-type figure since the birth of the republic. Have such fears ever been justified?

A scene of conflict that was lost to the ages has been unearthed, assembling an indigenous perspective on events at the very root of America’s founding.

While it is rare for foreign policy differences between the political parties to affect electoral outcomes, it has happened before.

Many founders expressed their hope that slavery would be abolished, while simultaneously exerting themselves to defend it.

The factionalized press was the site of campaigning in the U.S.'s first contested presidential elections.