When women assume power in government, the world will become a kindler, gentler place. Says who? Well, Frank Capra for one. In his 1948...

It’s amazing how little politicians know. What they say often amounts to half-truths: yes, there is some truth in what they’re saying,...

What makes a great president? “Great presidents possess, or are possessed by, a vision of an ideal America,” say the editors of the...

It was an eye-opening experience. In my last year of college I took two courses on Constitutional Law (Con Law I & II) and discovered...

It was George H.W. Bush who made the expression famous, mainly because his critics said he lacked it. His predecessor Ronald Reagan had...

“This summer, when you become inundated with all the American bicentennial Fourth-of-July brouhaha, don’t forget you’re celebrating the...

Below are two book reviews I wrote for Amazon.com. The first book is about New York City under Dutch rule, the second is about the...

George Washington must have had an exceptional imagination. How else to explain his decision to lead an army of green farm boys against...

The White House is a symbol of America, democracy and freedom. While it has changed significantly over the past 215 years, it remains...

Stephen Spielberg's 2013 movie "Lincoln' is as much about the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment as it is about our 16th president. This...

It’s the most famous room in the world. It’s where Presidents address the nation, especially in times of crisis. It’s the room where...

Why did the American Revolution succeed while so many revolutions that followed result in so much bloodletting? The answer is not that...

Tents going up on the edge of town. Overflowing crowds, and preachers shouting fire and brimstone, and everyone half-expecting the skies...

It was after the American Revolution, after everything had been settled and the future of the new republic looked promising. Thomas...

If you've ever dreamed of spending an evening chatting with one the Founding Fathers, have I got a book for you. The title sounds...

Washington D.C., March 4, 1861 -- Imagine the man being administered the Presidential oath is not Abraham Lincoln but Jefferson Davis....

The Scots invented the United States. The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the free-market economy:...

Saturday, December 12, 1789 -- A coach departs the Executive Mansion at 1 Cherry Street in New York City and heads into the farm country...

It was not the Monticello we know today. The house Thomas Jefferson returned to in 1789--after four years in France--was not that much...