Dear American Woman,   Let us not, by virtue of silence, imply our consent.   For perhaps the first time in history, American women are poised at the eye of a perfect storm. The force of politicized issues regarding the rights of women to exercise control over our own bodies...

Before super PACs and campaign staffers there were the newspapers. Not only were the journals partisan, but they were expected to be. In fact, the exponentially growing number of publications was largely responsible for getting local populations fired up and ready to vote. At least people...

Jefferson was criticized for having studied philosophy and science. Philosophers, it was argued, were undignified and whimsical, and science was a discipline never to be mingled with government. Of course, Jefferson made no secret of his passion for knowledge, and in the end the voters were...

Vermont Congressman Matthew Lyon, who served a jail sentence for sedition in 1798 after printing that President Adams had an “unbounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation, and selfish avarice,” ended up casting one of the deciding votes for Jefferson in the election of 1800....

Really, it happened. Vice-presidential candidate from New York Aaron Burr and High Federalist conservative Alexander Hamilton became mortal enemies (quite literally) during the 1800 election. The bad blood between them never abated, and in 1804 Burr fatally wounded Hamilton in a duel. I...