Filling in the Blanks of the Ratified U.S. Constitution Part II: The Second Amendment
When we argue about the Second Amendment today, we usually talk about gun control, personal safety, or the right to...
History
Filling in the Blanks of the Ratified U.S. Constitution Part I: The First Amendment
The creation of the First Amendment wasn't a moment of sudden, harmonious inspiration. Instead, it was born out of intense...
How the States Forced Congress to Give Up Control of the Senate
By the early 1900s, the United States Senate had become a national embarrassment. Seats sat vacant for months—sometimes years—because state...
For a Fledgling Democracy, Early US Politics Had the Elite Choosing Our President
Here's something that might surprise you: for the first few decades of American history, most citizens couldn't vote for president...
Venezuela Marks Its 1811 Declaration of Independence, First Colony to Break from Spain
It's doubtful that there's much celebrating in Venezuela today as the nation marks its 1811 Declaration of Independence from Spain,...
How the U.S. Constitution Almost Didn’t Happen
The creation of the U.S. Constitution wasn't some noble, unified moment where everyone held hands and sang about freedom. It...
250th Anniversary Time Travel: What Would the Founders Think About the USA Today?
When Benjamin Franklin emerged from the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a woman reportedly asked him what kind of government the...
Jefferson and Adams: July 4th Marks 200th Anniversary of Their Deaths
In the early afternoon of July 4, 1826, as church bells rang across America to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of...
It’s World UFO Day: Roswell Celebrates 79 Years Since the Famous Crash Landing
World UFO Day, celebrated globally on July 2nd, holds an incredibly literal and cultural connection to Roswell, New Mexico. The...
American, French Revolutions Took Different Paths in the 18th Century
History often treats the American and French Revolutions as twin siblings of the Enlightenment—born from the same philosophical womb, nurtured...
