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The U.S. government is bartering for Alexander Hamilton's boyhood home — offering land to build a public high school in return for control of the property owned by the U.S. Virgin Islands.
It may be too late to change the position of Alexander Hamilton's 206-year-old house, which is hovering over a new foundation near an upper Manhattan park, a judge said Monday.
A conservation group said Tueday it is seeking to preserve the U.S. Virgin Islands boyhood home of Alexander Hamilton.
I am penning this epistle just thirty-six miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi, the site of one of the most important, if not the most important, battles of the Civil War. There on July 4, 1863, General John C. Pemberton surrendered Vicksburg to General Ulysses S. Grant.
Soldier to Auction Rare Original Copy of Federalists PapersA rare leather-bound book that played an influential role in America's early history could bring a windfall for a soldier training for his second tour in Iraq.
Beck, Cavuto promote militia-movement 'constitutionalist' theories on Foxexcerpt: ""Now that it's embraced its inner right-wing populist by sponsoring all those 'Tea Parties,' Fox News is going straight for the moonshine by promoting "state sovereignty" advocates who, as we mentioned yesterday, are the "Patriot" movement activists who were promoting …
The prospect of Caroline Kennedy's appointment to the Senate to replace Secretary of State Designate Hillary Clinton has created some weak (VERY weak) support and some lame (VERY lame) opposition.
Those Who Control the Past Control the FutureThere's a popular historical legend that goes like this: Once upon a time (for this is how stories of this kind should begin), back in the 19th century, the United States economy was almost completely unregulated and laissez-faire.
Fred Thompson likes to refer to himself as a federalist. He writes:
Ron Paul Revolution Cannot be StoppedSupport for Ron Paul is really a much deeper enthusiasm for the lost Spirit of 1776. It signals a major shift in political thinking from simply trying to slow down the expansion and dictatorship of government to peaceably eliminating the dictatorship of government althgether.
The Hamiltonian Ground: David Brooks Realizes that - *GASP!* - The Republicans Don't Care About the Middle ClassYou'd think that in this and every election, the Republicans would want to continue this tradition. You'd think that they'd start every election by putting themselves at the kitchen tables of middle-class families with ambitious kids.
City of Hazleton: Judge Munley v. U.S. ConstitutionArticle points out the fallacy of Judge Munley's grounds for ruling against the City of Hazleton under the letter of the U.S. Constitution.
Just What the Founders Feared: An Imperial President Goes to WarThe nation is heading toward a constitutional showdown over the Iraq war. Congress is moving closer to passing a bill to limit or end the war, but President Bush insists Congress doesn't have the power to do it.
Battle of the Founding FathersArch-enemies Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson will battle for the right to be called "master debater," thanks to a bold trio of students from Hamilton College who have successfully goaded debaters from the University of Virginia to face off in the Hamilton-Jefferson Pu …
Thought the current US gov't was Nuts? Read on.At least they aren't shooting at us - yet?
The topic below was originally posted in my blog the Intrepid Liberal Journal. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday this week had me thinking about other pioneers with grace, wisdom and decency. One figure worth remembering is Barbara Jordan.
Gary Corseri: It's the Culture Stupid! : Burying Slogans and Honoring the DeadIt was an age of giants, and Hamilton was one of the supernal. Short of stature, he impressed his peers with oratorical, argumentative and rhetorical skills that conjured Cicero and Demosthenes.
In the battle between the two sides make no mistake that an independent judiciary should win out every time.
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