James D. Best

Tempest at Dawn "The book brings our founders to life with great writing, historic accuracy and amazing wit." the cajun at O...

Martin, at What Would the Founders Think  reviews Principled Action, Lessons from the Origins of the American Republic. (Martin...

I've been asked why I chose to write a non-fiction book about the Founders’ principles. Steve Dancy fans seem especially irked that I ...

"There is no more important time in our present times to learn the how and why of the founding of our great republic. This highly ...

We often hear laments that our politicians no longer honor their pledge to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United State...

To  commemorate Constitution Day, the blog What would the Founders think? is posting articles all week on the Constitution.   Constitution...

Just finished The Dirty Dozen, How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom . I barely got a B in my only...

“The powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal l...

It was an unusually hot summer for Philadelphia, and for a few weeks there was an infestation of big black flies that buzzed around the dele...

"Using vivid narrative and expressive dialogue,   Tempest at Dawn   presents all the major issues the Founding Fathers struggled with. ...

Today, it seems many people question the viability of our Constitution in a world that has dramatically changed since 1787. People ask if ...

The completed manuscript for Tempest at Dawn is in the final editing process and the book should be available in November of 2009. The hist...