Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was 239 years ago today that the Articles of Confederation, the first American constitution, was sent to the 13 states for ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! KrisAnne Hall talked about the reasons for the failure of the Articles of Confederation. The limitations of the federal government to execute ...

The heart of America’s political tradition is liberty. But our freedom means much more than “rugged individualism” or “cowboy capitalism.” American liberty is ordered liberty. Ours is not the liberty ...

Washington spends too much, taxes too much, does too much. That’s because of the Constitution, not in spite of it. Thinkpieces lamenting the state of constitutional government are a dime a dozen. If ...

An interview with George William Van Cleve, author of a new book about a period of crisis that offers tools for thinking about our own. An original printing of the Articles of Confederation at ...

The confederation's final years: a chronology -- Introduction -- The search for national identity -- War's aftermath -- America's postwar debts: public faith or anarchy? -- Republic and empire: the ...