JMC fellow Thomas Kidd has written a book, Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh, which examines Jefferson's ethical and spiritual life.

JMC fellow Timothy W. Burns has written a book, Leo Strauss on Democracy, Technology, and Liberal Education, which examines Strauss' understanding of liberal democracy.

American Political Thought, a JMC-supported journal, has recently published its Summer 2022 issue which includes pieces by JMC scholars Noah Eber-Schmid and Zachary German.

JMC faculty partner Aaron Herold has recently authored a book on liberal Enlightenment and its effects on the current state of democracy.

JMC fellow Patrick Cain has recently co-edited a volume of essays on democracy and the origins of political thought. Several JMC academics have contributed.

JMC fellow Robinson Woodward-Burns has written a new book, Hidden Laws: How State Constitutions Stabilize American Politics. It's due for release in June 2021.

JMC faculty partner Steven B.Smith has written a new book, Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes.

JMC fellow Robinson Woodward-Burns has recently written an article for the Journal of Politics on Ralph Waldo Emerson, self-reliance, and moral principles.

American Political Thought, a JMC-supported journal, has recently published its Fall 2020 issue featuring pieces by several JMC academics.

JMC fellow Alec Arellano has recently written an article for Political Research Quarterly on John Stuart Mill and deference within democratic politics.

JMC faculty partner Greg Weiner has written a piece for RealClear Public Affairs' s 1776 Series on the Supreme Court and republican self-government.

JMC fellow Elizabeth Corey has written a piece for Law & Liberty on the importance of civility during our divisive times.

JMC faculty partner Justin Dyer has created a podcast, "The 1787 Project," based off of his socially-distanced class on the U.S. Constitution at the University of Missouri.

JMC faculty partner Colleen Sheehan has written a piece for the Arizona Capitol Times on Constitution Day and how we can honor our predecessors.

JMC fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a piece for Civil War History on conservatism, popular sovereignty, and Civil War politics.

American Political Thought, a JMC-supported journal, has recently published its Summer 2020 issue featuring pieces by several JMC fellows.

JMC faculty partner Greg Weiner has written an article for National Review on Edmund Burke, Abraham Lincoln, and the errors of cancel culture.

JMC fellow Daniel Mahoney has just written an article for Law & Liberty on World War II's effects on French political thought.

JMC fellow Nicholas Drummond has written an article for Starting Points Journal on nationalism, populism, and the founders', particularly Madison's, views of the merchant class.

American Political Thought, a JMC-supported journal, has recently published its Spring 2020 issue featuring pieces by several JMC fellows.

JMC fellow Benjamin Warner has written an article for Starting Points Journal on Thomas Hobbes. The essay is in part based on notes taken during the August 2019 Jack Miller Center Summer Institute.

Founding father James Madison was born on March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, King George County, Virginia. "Father of the Constitution," he had a significant impact on America's structure of government.

Explore these articles and JMC resource collections for Presidents Day.

Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818 on the eastern shore of Maryland. He is remembered as one of the greatest figures in the American antislavery movement.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He is best known for his immense impact in leading our nation through a civil war and for ultimately abolishing slavery.

Explore these articles, commentaries, and resources on the African-American experience in honor of Black History Month.

One of our oldest founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

JMC fellow Alec Arellano has recently written a piece on Tocqueville's view of intellectual independence for the Review of Politics.

Founding father Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755/57 in Charlestown, St. Kitts and Nevis. He had a significant impact on the development of the Constitution and the National Treasury.

January 10 marks the 243rd anniversary of the publication of Thomas Paine's influential Common Sense in 1776.

Randal Hendrickson, JMC's Executive Director of Academic Programs, has written a piece on Democracy in America for APSA's RAISE the Vote Campaign.

Veterans Day honors the bravery and sacrifice of all American veterans, past and present.

Fellows Calvin TerBeek and John Dearborn have recently written articles in A House Divided on the topics of impeachment, APD, constitutional politics, and the administrative state.

For its September 2019 pieces, Starting Points Journal focused upon the JMC Summer Institute theme of "America in the Republican Tradition." Contributors included recent JMC fellows.

JMC faculty partner Mark David Hall has written a book that considers the role of Christianity in the American founding. It will be released in October 2019.

John Hungerford, JMC's Director of Faculty Development, has written a review of Delba Winthrop's Aristotle: Democracy and Political Science for Law & Liberty.

JMC fellow Steele Brand has written a book on Rome's military philosophy and the constitutional and cultural evolution that saw its citizen-soldiers encounter the best warriors of the day.

JMC fellow Greg Weiner releases a new book in which he argues that the judicial branch should not have total constitutional authority.

JMC fellow Clyde Ray has just published a study of John Marshall’s political thought with special emphasis on his views of constitutional legitimacy, sovereignty, citizenship, and national identity.

JMC fellow Alin Fumurescu has written a book on America's two historical interpretations of citizenship and how these understandings have been reconciled. The book is due for release in Fall 2019.

JMC fellow Sean Beienburg has just published a book on states' rights and how the historical prohibition of alcohol relates to the modern day debate over marijuana legalization.

Panayiotis Kanelos, the president of St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, recently wrote an article for Heterodox Academy on the lasting importance of civil discourse in education.

JMC fellow Joseph M. Adelman has just published a book on how printers (some of the earliest journalists in America) helped to shape political ideology during the Founding era.

JMC fellow Nora Hanagan has recently written a book that examines American thinkers and activists who offered an alternative to individualistic conceptions of responsibility.

JMC fellow Greg Weiner has recently written an article for the New York Times on civic education and the constitutional order.

JMC fellows Zachary Courser, Benjamin Kleinerman, and George Thomas have recently contributed to a book on the Constitution and the political polarization of America.

JMC faculty partner Mark David Hall has co-edited and contributed to a book of essays that examines the history of America's major wars from a just war perspective. It will be released in March 2019.

JMC Fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a new book about the national Democratic Party, race, and the lasting conservatism of the 1840s and 1850s. It will be released in April 2019.

Hugo Drochon and James Kloppenberg published their exchange from Yale's panel on the history of democracy in the journal Global Intellectual History.

JMC fellows Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey co-edited a recently published book on aristocratic values in democratic societies.

Kinder Postdoc Armin Mattes releases volume on the origins of American democracy

A long-form interview with Harvey Mansfield.

JMC Fellow and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Missouri State writes on Tocqueville for the Review of Politics.

A Strategy to Counter Democracy's Global Retreat

This collection of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars explores Tocqueville’s vision of democracy in Asia and the Middle East.