Jonathan Bill

Our politics — and other parts of our culture, like sports — have become so bitterly tribal that ethics have taken a back seat to winning.  more

Alexander Hamilton wrote that even in the case of the rise of a tyrant, the real enemy would be the apathy and inaction of the public. more

Late in my junior year of high school, the Seattle SuperSonics won the NBA Championship. I had made it all the way to the end of 11th grade without skipping a single class, but I told all my teachers … more

As Lord Acton said in 1887, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” more

And so it was, 250 years ago, that these fractious, rebellious colonies had the most outrageous stroke of luck in history, in the selection of just the right man, at just the right time. more

After the outbreak of fighting in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord, and the subsequent capture of Fort Ticonderoga by colonial militia, British Gen. Thomas Gage had problems. … more

As we saw last month, the fighting at Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775, involved a fast-spreading alarm that continued beyond that day, and beyond Massachusetts. (See the Magical History Tour … more

This month, we mark the 250th anniversary of the first battles of the Revolutionary War. But the American Revolution was already in motion, long before men began fighting and … more

KP Reads: "The Splendid and the Vile" details Churchill's resilience and his family's survival during the Blitz during WWII. more