Encouraged and abetted by free riders who would benefit unfairly from others’ work, well-intentioned lawmakers and judicial ...

That was the true message of Trump’s victory. K. Ward Cummings is an essayist and social critic. He lives in Baltimore.

Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect ...

I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...

The framers of our Constitution expected these divisions. They called them “factions.” James Madison discussed this problem ...

The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United ...

Explore key historical events from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, including the first Federalist Paper, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the ...

Hamilton was very involved in writing the Constitution, though. In fact, he wrote many of The Federalist Papers in support of ...

On Oct. 27, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, one of the strongest recorded Atlantic storms, began a four-day siege of Central America, ...

As one reads the Federalist Papers, written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, it becomes apparent that they were very conscious of the weakness of human nature and the human ...

A president executes laws passed by Congress. A president does not make law. In Federalist Paper 51, James Madison explains that the structure of the Constitution is explicitly designed to ...

The United States does not have a state religion and does not force religion of any kind onto the people living here.