American Revolution provided world of Enlightenment chance to see if philosophy, politics game they had been engaged in could ...

The 1977 law that allows Trump to declare a fake emergency to impose massive tariffs was an invitation to dictatorship.

Possibly, the Founders all knew that their creation was not on solid ground. Benjamin Franklin, when asked what government ...

What’s clear from our work is that the vast majority of Americans value our democratic ideals. What they need now is leadership, direction, a sense they’re not alone and that, even in this darkening ...

The Griswold Inn’s signature clam chowder is the stuff of New England legend. This isn’t some watery disappointment with the ...

Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

Was 1775 really the main pivot point in the fight for independence? 1760? 1607? The Founders themselves weren’t sure.

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

We will officially celebrate the semiquincentennial or 250th birthday of the United States next year on July 4th.

Library houses replica Declarations of Independence, while local town hall is modeled on a colonial predecessor ...

Virginia's flag, and the motto it bears, sic semper tyrannis, offer valuable lessons that are still relevant today.