Congress

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 20 June

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1863, West Virginia joined the Union as the 35th state.

June 20, 2014 11

Interviews

Kevin Gutzman – 1787 Constitution Convention, Federalists Lied

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – In the same hall, eleven years later, men are meeting to discuss the new plan of government, the Virginia Plan as it’s known. Today is the 19th, so we’re almost three weeks into the discussion over James Madison’s Virginia Plan as offered by Edmund Randolph. It’s around about this time that the New York delegation has about had it with little Jimmy Madison. They’re […]

June 19, 2014 2

Transcripts

Obama’s Actions Cause For Impeachment

Interview with Bruce Fein - NDAA Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Bruce Fein, welcome back, sir. How do you score the match? It seems like we have inverted the adage. It seems like most of the American sheeple don’t really have much of a problem with our American monarchy. The term FLOTUS just rolls off the tongue. I thought we had a prohibition against titles of nobility, for example, but […]

June 13, 2014 2

Transcripts

Government Spending Never Stops Increasing

In The Right vs Left Game Nobody Wins Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "I think what is partially responsible here for what seems to be this lack of momentum or lack of enthusiasm is that there was a crop of Tea Party-themed candidates that were sent to Mordor on the Potomac in 2010. As we have bemoaned over and over and over again, despite a few notable exceptions, they […]

June 12, 2014 2

Transcripts

Jefferson And Barbary Pirates

Dealing With Terrorists Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Unlike Obama and unlike Bush and unlike Clinton and unlike every out-of-control American president since Roosevelt, there’s no hidden checkbook under the desk a la National Treasure 2. The president just can’t appropriate money. It’s like the other day we heard this nonsense about, [mocking] “Well, the Secretary of State is going to grant $1 billion to Ukraine.” Excuse me? According […]

June 9, 2014 2

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 5 June

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. In 1805 on this day, a tornado in southern Illinois was the first recorded tornado in “Tornado Alley.”

June 5, 2014 2

The Founders

What Really Happened At Start Of Federal Convention Of 1787, Pt. II

Interview With Kevin Gutzman Part II Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "On this day, on May the 29th -- I just went back and read the record from Farrand’s records last night. This doesn’t have anything to do with James Madison, but I know you know about this. I noted that at this juncture of the meeting on May the 29th, Judge Yates has yet to blow a gasket. […]

June 4, 2014

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 3 June

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1800, President John Adams became the first president to live in Washington, D.C. by taking residence at the Union Tavern in Georgetown.

June 3, 2014

Transcripts

What Really Happened At Start Of Federal Convention Of 1787, Pt. I

Interview with Kevin Gutzman - Federal Convention Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Let’s get to the matter at hand here with Professor Kevin Gutzman, who is one of the foremost authorities on James Madison. I wanted to start with the introduction of the Virginia Plan, which happened 237 years ago today. Governor Randolph was, of course, the gentleman that introduced the plan. It wasn’t Madison who introduced it. In the […]

June 2, 2014 2