On Sept. 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had signed a new U.S. Constitution. This new Constitution was the Framers’ proposal for a new national government.

The problem of centralized power The United States is broken, and it’s time to think about what comes next. Images of the White House East Wing demolition ...

The historian Joseph J. Ellis deals honestly with America’s original sins without slandering the country or diminishing its ...

In the recent government shutdown, two million federal employees stopped being paid. Nearly a million were placed on ...

The Northshire Bookstore will host Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning historian Joseph Ellis to discuss his ...

The crowning moment of the tour through The National Constitution Center-America's one and only museum devoted to the great ...

Ken Burns joins David Frum to discuss how his new documentary captures both the triumphs and tragedies of the nation’s ...

I have on many occasions lauded the unprecedented nature and vast volume of American Revolutionary Era literature. The scope and scale of writings--everything from newspaper articles and political ...

The president’s latest bit of chicanery may seem relatively muted, but it is perhaps the most anti-constitutional thing he’s ...

I have on many occasions lauded the unprecedented nature and vast volume of American Revolutionary Era literature. The scope and scale of writings--everything from newspaper articles and political ...

N othing was ever quaint,” mused Ken Burns in a New York film studio last spring, as he made some last edits to his latest ...

With the 250th anniversary of independence from the British monarchy approaching, Americans should reflect on Benjamin Franklin’s cautionary description of our government, writes.