Author: Richard Brookhiser

In 1801, a 45-year-old Revolutionary War veteran and politician, slovenly, genial, brilliant, and persuasive, became the fourth chief justice of th...

James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story,although all too often overshadowed by his more...

Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn father, ...