James Madison was the shortest president. Standing 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing about 100 pounds; proof that good things ...
On this day in 1789, the Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification. With the right to free speech still hotly ...
Columnist Rod Miller took an informal poll of friends across the political spectrum and heard a chorus of "no." ...
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin said it will pause scheduling abortions starting Oct. 1 while it looks at options after Trump ...
Our Constitution isn't just a list of rights; it created a government system that guards against tyranny—and that's why it survives today.
Almost three years ago, I wrote a piece in the Florida Today entitled, “James Madison was right ... While our Constitution and its Bill of Rights protect our freedom of expression, other pressures to ...
The JMI poll, conducted Sept. 16-18, has a sample size of 1,200 voters, including 43% who self-identified as Republicans, 32% ...
The first Freedom Week commenced across Montana public schools on Monday. Held the last week of September, the statewide designation instituted by the 2025 Legislature puts a spotlight on the founding ...
Laws govern people; constitutions govern governments. Legislatures write laws; constitutional conventions write constitutions. A constitutional convention, an ingenious invention, is a meeting of ...
Lepore recites the usual litany of progressive reasons: it’s “outdated,” it encompassed slavery, no women helped write it, etc., often phrasing these in exaggerated terms and even outright falsehoods, ...
In Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, he praised democracy as a government, noting the principles of liberty and equality ...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The mid- air was hot and humid as delegates from twelve of the thirteen states convened at the ...