“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
On July 11, 1804, Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton during a duel. The duel was the culmination of years of conflict between the two men. They were bitter political rivals from opposing factions and the animosity often got personal. Ironically, George...
Noah Webster warned us about the dangers of “party-spirit” and factions. In his 1794 essay The Revolution in France, the noted American writer and dictionary author analyzed the situation in Europe, which had not only gained the interest of Americans, but divided...
Is the enemy of our enemy our friend? I suppose in the abstract, the depends. But when it comes to battling the biggest, most powerful government in the world, I think the answer is usually yes. To frame it into a more concrete strategy question: should we work with...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the tenth in a series of articles giving an introduction to the Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States...