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The Federalist
In a republic, every citizen has a duty to understand their government. The Federalist is the greatest exposition of representative government and the institutional structure of the Constitution. It explains how the Constitution established a government strong enough to secure the rights of citizens and safe enough to wield that power. This course will examine how Publius understood human nature and good government, and why he argued that the only true safeguard of liberty lies in the vigilance of the American people.
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Human Nature and the Constitution
July 10, 2025
“What is government, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” James Madison asks this question in one of the most iconic Federalist Papers—a series of newspaper articles explicating the Constitution that was presented to the judgment of the American people in the fall of 1787. While they purport to explain the Constitution’s arrangement of the three branches of government, The F...
The Silence and the Gloom of the Morning
July 3, 2025
On the morning of July 5th, the boom of the fireworks will have faded away, and we will get on with life as usual. But in the echoes they will have left behind, it is perhaps the ideal moment to remember “the silence and the gloom of the morning” on the day that our Fathers signed their names to the Declaration of Independence. This time of year frequently calls to mind the famous quote from Jo...
America’s Roman Heritage
June 5, 2025
As we get closer to our nation’s 250th birthday next year, it is worthwhile to consider what makes the American vision of liberty distinctive. This is a question of some magnitude, but one natural place to begin is by comparing it with its great republican predecessor: Rome. In our free online course, “The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic,” Ken Calvert and Carl Young remark on the ...
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