Monsters to Destroy
John Quincy Adams, master of grand strategy.
Articles by Richard Samuelson
The Great Unwokening
Disestablishing our new state religion.
Cancel the New York Times
We've honored a slave-trading tyrant for far too long.
Cancel the New York Times
Best of Enemies
Gordon Wood's method presumes that there is not a robust or transhistorical human nature.
A Government of Laws, Not of Men
John Adams feared aristocracy, but recognized it was essential for the good of the nation.
When the Right Steps Out on Broadway
“Charity toward all”—a view conspicuously lacking in the cast of “Hamilton.”
Hamilton versus History
What the hit musical gets right and wrong.
Ambition and Talent
Hamilton the Musical is fun, but flawed.
When Satire Becomes Policy: Yes Means Yes Means Trouble
Contracts are not the solution to campus sexual misconduct
A CRB Discussion of John Adams, Edmund Burke, and Modern Conservatism
John Adams vs. Edmund Burke
Who is more important for a truly American conservatism?
The Genius of American Citizenship
Joseph Stalin apparently coined the term "American exceptionalism" to denounce the heresy
Jefferson, Adams, and the American Future
What their lively correspondence reveals about our politics.
Processed History
A review of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 , by Gordon S. Wood
Faith-based Liberalism
Terrorism and the limits of liberalism.
Twice-Told Tales
Henry Adams and American history.
The Ancient Constitution
Rule of Law and the American Revolution.
Making Democracy Safe for the World
Democracy is not always liberal
John Quincy Adams on the War We Are In
"Old Man Eloquent" saw the Islamic threat coming.
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams set out to save the American republic and ensure his own glory at the same time.