(“We are in the wilderness without a single footstep to guide us,” James Madison had written to Jefferson a few ... Democratic-Republican journalists were jailed under the Federalist-passed Sedition ...

The Federalist Papers are the 85 articles and essays James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay published arguing for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the full replacement of the ...

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a ...

In last month’s opinion piece, I invited readers to send us their questions regarding Madison County. Stephen Cuppett, of Glen Carbon, wrote to ask what he called a fundamental question. “What is the ...

November is full of special days and holidays. This year one of the most important was Election Day, November 5. That day gets most of our attention this year because its results will bring about ...