Click here to see the graphic! By some measures, student debt passed the $1 trillion mark this year, eclipsing American credit card debt and putting a stunning figure on an absolutely overwhelming sum of money. The fact that students are suffering tremendously from this burden has been a news...

The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 papers, essays, and articles written between 1787 and 1788. The true name of this essay series is The Federalist; the term The Federalist Papers is a 20th century concept that is now the more popular name for the collection. The main...

One of the youngest of the Founding Fathers, James Madison was only 25 when the Declaration of Independence was drafted.  A political renegade who wasn't afraid to oppose his own party, an architect of the federal system, and one of the first constitutional scholars, Madison is often overlooked in...