There is no shortage of presidents in Hollywood. From campy spoofs (Will Ferrell as George W.) to realistic portrayals (Paul Giamatti as John Adams), the president of the United States has been portrayed in movies and television for decades. In honor of...

When it comes to historical holidays, there’s nowhere better to celebrate than Philadelphia. The paths to understanding American history all converge in Philadelphia, at places like the President’s House, above, an open-air site on Independence Mall,...

Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday on the protests that surround the English National Opera's decision to stage John Adams’s opera “The Death of Klinghoffer”. The opera is based on the hijacking of the cruise liner, the Achille Lauro, by Palestinian...

In an era of brilliant men, Washington was not the deepest thinker. He never wrote a book or even a long essay, unlike George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams. But Washington made the ideas of the American...

Northern clerics branded Jefferson not only a deist, but an “atheist,” a “heretic” and a “Jacobin” of the French Revolution. “The election of any man avowing the principles of Mr. Jefferson would ... destroy religion, introduce immorality, and loosen...

For my money, I still put ol' GW as #1. Thanks to him, the whole idea that the President isn't a king took hold (though FDR would have kept going if he hadn't died, methinks). I have a soft spot for John Adams, but, frankly he wasn't a good President...