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John Adams

Trump Reprises One of the Founding Fathers’ Worst Mistakes

ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS

John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington hated on immigrants and the media, too.

Tom Shachtman | Published Jul 03, 2018

David McCullough on Reading History as Resistance

HIS STORY

Reading American history is an act of resistance against the rise of idiocracy.

John Avlon | Published May 14, 2017

How the Fox News of 1792 Took On Adams

POPULIST PRESS

The National Gazette loved slinging mud at elites who sneered at the people’s power—chief among them, then-VP John Adams.

John Batchelor | Published Mar 27, 2017

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The Aaron Burr Playbook Could Beat Trump

Tactician

The bad boy of American history knew that op eds and marches were fine, but elections were won with handshakes, canvassing, and picking the right candidates.

Rick Beyer | Published Mar 05, 2017

George Washington’s Farewell Warning

EXCERPT

Washington’s farewell address inspired presidents from Ike to Obama. Read the introduction to Daily Beast Editor in Chief John Avlon’s new book.

John Avlon | Published Jan 10, 2017

From British Lady Rebel to the Founders’ BFF

LADY LIBERTY

Her writings helped trigger the American Revolution—and earned her two weeks at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. What today’s government can learn from Catharine Macaulay.

AD BY The Daily Beast | Published Jan 09, 2016

How to Make Presidential Pumpkin Bread

YUM

It's fall, so pumpkin is all the rage. Might as well embrace and whip up John Quincy Adams's version.

Ailsa von Dobeneck | Published Oct 25, 2015

John Adams' Favorite Hair Of The Dog

BOTTOMS UP

Cider has been making a comeback in the states. John Adams himself used to start every day with this particular recipe.

Ailsa von Dobeneck | Published Sep 27, 2015

America’s Presidential Daddy Issues

Self-Evident

Who would Jefferson have liked best: FDR, Reagan—or the Tea Party? Three new books look at Americans’ never-ending fixation with what our formative figures would want us to do.

Harvey J. Kaye | Published Jul 04, 2015

How Jefferson Foresaw Charlie Hebdo

Past as Prologue

<p>The willingness of the French to prosecute anyone supporting terror in the wake of the <em>Charlie Hebdo</em> murders sadly echoes the Sedition Act in the U.S.<br> </p>

Charles Slack | Published Mar 30, 2015

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