One thing that John Adams never did was to voice a word of regret about leaving the presidency at his term’s end. None of his successors has ever violated or dishonored the precedent he established

Senator Charles Sumner lost his battle on the Fourth of July 1870, with dire consequences for both Asian immigrant communities and the prospects of a more racially egalitarian America

One intriguing clue comes from a 1947 report commissioned by then-President Harry Truman

No presidential electioneering technique has ever been so successful while so short-lived

The scientific consensus on climate change is far older than many people think

All taxation was on the framers’ table as they considered a new constitution. What would they make of the measures we are considering now?