Category Archives: Constitution

Desparate Sons by Les Standiford

Posted on December 18, 2012 by admin

I’m reading a review copy of Les Standiford’s excellent Desparate Sons, a very well researched historical narrative featuring the people and events leading up to the American Revolution.   In Desparate Sons most of the action takes place between 1765 and … Continue reading →

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Constitutional Whitewash?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by admin

Yesterday the United States House of Representatives kicked off the year with a reading of the Constitution. I thought it a nice gestured, but wondered how many of them have actually read it (you know as much as they read … Continue reading →

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Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Posted on December 13, 2010 by admin

Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 by Pauline Maier [Pauline Maier is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1968] In 1997 Alfred A. Knopf published Maier’s American Scripture: … Continue reading →

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