As a senator, he scoffs: “There’s not a whole lot of angels ... work, “James Madison: A Life Reconsidered”, by Lynne Cheney, a conservative scholar and wife of the former vice-president ...

On this day in 1815, President James Madison ... During the ensuing peace talks in Ghent, Holland, John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, negotiating on behalf of the Madison administration, suggested ...

Today marks the 250th birthday of James Madison, the fourth president. Save for George Washington ... two mutually exclusive ends: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Recognizing that men are not angels ... against the president that seems likely to culminate in House and Senate votes along entirely partisan lines, it may feel obvious that Madison’s hopes ...

Today, words from James Madison set by the late Milton Babbitt. As conductor Judith Clurman rounded up composers for her Mr. President project, she gave them each an assignment. She handed them ...