Pope Francis recently expressed a pessimistic view on the forthcoming presidential election. He argued there is no alternative to voting in a democratic system and that all citizens must vote. In ...

Other Founding Fathers struck similar notes ... The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments ...

Insights Some presidents have been devoutly religious even while in office.  Only two Catholic presidents have been elected. ...

The president and CEO of the nonprofit organization that runs the former residence of Founding Father James Madison has resigned — roughly 14 months after taking the position.

Shouldn't the popular vote win the presidency? In the Talmud, majority rule transcends even God, and definitely the Electoral ...

George Washington loved hoecakes, James Madison loved ham and oysters, and Andrew Jackson preferred floating islands -- ...

James Madison was the fourth U.S. president and is often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution” because of his role in writing America’s founding documents. His portrait has been featured on ...

As did all our Founding Fathers, I believe virtue is necessary for true freedom. I fully agree with James Madison: “To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness ...

When the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia in 1787 ... In 1787, he urged his friend and colleague James Madison to amend the Constitution to include a written guarantee of religious liberty.

The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still ...

The election of 1800 alone featured almost everything that's made President Trump's three presidential contests a wild ride.

Founding Father John Jay ... along with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. "Washington saw Jay as unique in his superior virtue and objectivity." He helped negotiate — with John Adams ...