Just one in three Americans can pass a multiple choice exam featuring questions taken from the U.S. Citizenship Test, according to a recent survey.
Founding Fathers articles on Democracy Chronicles
The Founding Fathers were political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the Declaration of Independence and establishing the Constitution. Also see our articles on revolutionary Thomas Paine.
In Chaotic Era, Conference Aims To Amplify 1st Amendment
Not long ago in the American republic, information was less chaotic — or, at least, seemed to be. Newspapers appeared reliably on stoops every morning.
Thoughts on the Evolution of Politics: Beyond Political Parties
Our political system in the U.S. failed, not because of our Constitution, but because we allowed those “cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men” to build the party-based monstrosity that controls us.
Wave Of New Book Published This Year On The Impeachment Process
40 years after working on the impeachment of Richard Nixon, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman is back on the case with a book: “The Case for Impeaching Trump.”
On Restoring the Right to Appeal to the Supreme Court
The easiest way to change this system is for Congress and the president to repeal the Judiciary Act of 1925 and give us back the right to appeal to the Supreme Court. That’s the system given to us by James Madison.
Museum Honors Political Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will be presented with an engraved medal and $25,000 prize to honor his lifetime of excellent political films.
The Pursuit Of Happiness Versus Lies, Fraud And Corruption
Can’t we just figure out that it would be better to just be honest, admit our human frailties, become a sex positive nation, embrace enthusiastic yes, and understand the “Pursuit of Happiness” clearly includes sex, and move on?
Can Democracy Work in Zimbabwe?
Party and national constitutions must be seen as normative guideposts for multi-party democracy
VIDEO: Ben Franklin as the first media entrepreneur in America
A lecture on the remarkable media empire created by American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
VIDEO: Can the American Senate be saved?
Yesterday, an event was held at the nonprofit Brookings Institution discussing the latest book by Ira Shapiro.