John Trumbull recorded America's revolutionary struggle in a monumental way
Kevin Gutzman
William Leuchtenburg’s new book on the early presidencies offers little new to readers, except the centralizing standards of the New Deal.
Kevin R. C. Gutzman joins Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book, The Jeffersonians.
Hazony's book on the conservative tradition is part rediscovery and part invention.
James Madison's full-time commitment to politics made it possible for him to earn a reputation as the best-prepared man in every context.
Jeff Broadwater offers an account of Jefferson and Madison that highlights their friendship and influence over the Constitution.
A look at the complexities of Virginia in 1619 suggests that assigning blame for slavery is a complex business.
Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig posits that several sectors of American society are corrupt, and offers highly impractical remedies.
James Madison’s critique of Marshall’s opinion in McCulloch remains valid.
Did the apparent losers—Anti-Federalists, Andrew Johnson, and Barry Goldwater—impede the full development of our constitutional tradition?
A great historian shows us how much there is still to learn about the nation’s third President.
Kevin R. C. Gutzman is professor of history at Western Connecticut State University. He is the author of Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary; James Madison and the Making of America; Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776–1840; and The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.