Noah Webster might rightly deserve the appellation of Founding Father for his contributions to American culture and education alone. In his soon-to-be-released book, The Forgotten Founding Father, Joshua Kendall offers insight into the man and his accomplishments and justifies the claim.   Read the rest of this entry »

This Friday's crossword is brought to you by German, British, and French notables during and after the American Revolution.   Read the rest of this entry »

Introducing a new feature at WWTFT, the history puzzle. This weeks puzzle can be answered easily by anyone who's read Chernow's new biography of George Washington and/or his biography of Hamilton.   Read the rest of this entry »

Federalist No. 8 is another essay in which Hamilton argues for maintaining the Union (and ratification of the Constitution as the best means of doing so.) In it he depicts the likelihood of hostilities between separate states or confederacies and the consequent curtailment of liberty.   Read the rest of this entry »

Federalist No. 7 is another Hamilton authored essay arguing for Union and against separate State sovereignties or confederacies. It is a continuation of previous arguments in Nos. 5 and 6.   Read the rest of this entry »

Liberty and Civilization is 160 pages of intellectual thought on the sources of liberty in western culture. It contains essays by notable thinkers like Jeremy Rabkin, Robert Bork, Paul Johnson and others.   Read the rest of this entry »

The oppression that many in the black community remain angry about has been imposed by the Democrat Party, yet the majority of blacks are loyal to the party. Tea Party activist Zo Rachel asks why?   Read the rest of this entry »

James Best's Tempest at Dawn is great interpretation of what it must have been like behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention.   Read the rest of this entry »

After a brief respite, Hamilton resumes his arguments on behalf of the ratification. In Federalist No. 6 he continues Jay's arguments for the increased security offered by Union. Hamilton engages in a history lesson for his readers to support his contentions.   Read the rest of this entry »

Federalist No. 5 is nearly the last of John Jay's contribution to this project. In it he continues his arguments against the formation of multiple confederacies or bordering nation states in favor of the advantages of having one strong union. He cites interesting examples from the history of Britain and Europe to make his point. Perhaps most interesting is his near clairvoyance in describing what would come to pass in the American civil war.   Read the rest of this entry »