The ordinance dictated the rules for territories to become states and required that, as a necessity of “good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever ...

Those simple words are inscribed in large letters on the wall of the Carter Center in Atlanta. More than a fitting epitaph for President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, who died Dec. 29. Truth, law and ...

By D.G. Martin Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag. In ...

Satellite-based wind data are among the most important information contributing to the accuracy of global weather prediction ...

Over the course of many months, the Founding Fathers would work on the Declaration of Independence until it was officially ...

To show their appreciation for volunteers, BREC hosted an inaugural Volunteer Gala on Jan. 11.

According to Harvard University, about 200 copies of the original Declaration of Independence were produced in 1776. Only ...

New Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has plans for the state’s education system. He wants to make the Hoosier state’s voucher system — ...

For the Founding Fathers, the pursuit of happiness meant the pursuit of long-term virtue, National Constitution Center ...

The courts subsequently invented the notion that the Constitution was “living” for the purpose of redefining it for modern ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he entered for the first time ...

Nearly 250 years ago, delegates gathered in Philadelphia to form the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock (Mikey Day) ...