Showing posts with label John Adams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Adams. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Civic Virtue and the Republic

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Many   posts  have  discussed   volunteering  and  civic virtue .  Robert P. George at AEI: The Constitution was famously defended by Madiso...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Presidents and the Press: The Early Years

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  Many   posts  have  discussed  the  relationship  between  presidents  and the  press .  Todd Andrlik at Mount Vernon: Washington read new...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

The Danger of Presidential Government

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Many posts  have   discussed  the  separation of powers , which is rapidly eroding . Jay Cost at AEI: By centralizing authority so heavily, ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Adams and the Executive

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John Adams: Executive Power and His Presidency By Gary J. Schmitt  and Joseph M. Bessette Social Science Research Network This essay analyze...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Public Virtue

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David French at The Dispatch: Now let’s move to the two sentences from Adams—two sentences that help explain our broken nation and our brok...
Sunday, September 6, 2020

Guns and the Social Compact

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David French: We know the obligation of the government, but what about the obligation of the citizen? Here’s where we turn to Thomas Jeffer...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Jefferson, Adams, Citizenship, Friendship

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Alexander Khan at National Review : Citizenship in America is in a troubling state. In 2015, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni ...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Don't Elect Tyrants

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Benjamin Wittes writes at Lawfare: John Adams's famous aspiration is not our reality: We live in a government of men, as well as laws....
Sunday, February 17, 2013

A Critical View of State of the Union Speeches

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George Will deplores the practice of delivering the State of the Union as a speech instead of a written message: When the Founding ge...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

John Adams and American Exceptionalism

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At several points in our text, and multiple times at this blog , we discuss American exceptionalism .  Sarah Beth Vosburg of Louisiana Stat...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Flag Day 2012

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From the Census Bureau: This is Flag Day -- marking the date in 1777 when John Adams proposed the stars and stripes as the official flag o...
Friday, September 2, 2011

Is 2012 More Like 1948, 1996 ... or 1800?

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The year before the presidential election, the Democratic incumbent grapples with unfavorable poll numbers and strong Republican opposition ...