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Jefferson, Hamilton and those other guys come with well-known baggage. But compare them to Republicans, please

The Sedition Act of 1798 famously expired on March 3, 1801, and purported to punish false and malicious statements about the Federalist President John Adams and the majority-Federalist Congress, not about the Democratic-Republican Vice-President Thomas Jefferson. This is often mentioned as evidence of the Federalists' partisanship in enacting the Act.…

From Mozart to Star Wars, the New York-based quartet gave it their all

John Adams on creating the global challenges, where to grocery shop in London and where empanadas really come from

President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’s running for another term raises concerns for many Americans. At his potential second inauguration, he would be 82, beating himself in becoming the oldest among American presidents.

Ryan Bancroft and the National Orchestra of Wales were superb in works by Ives and Adams; Szymanowki’s glittering Violin Concerto, a less obvious choice for the “American” programme, was passionately realised by Bomsori Kim

The Washington Post columnist nails conservative attempts to rewrite the American story but is sure to keep the jokes flowing

Renée Fleming spent decades portraying generals' wives, a countess and a courtesan

Criticism of public officials doesn't have to be polite, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed.

From today's Massachusetts high court opinion in Barron v. Kolenda, written by Justice Scott Kafker (and dealing with a claim brought under the state constitution's free expression provisions, rather than under the First Amendment): [W]e conclude that the public comment policy of the town of Southborough (town) violates rights protected…

The oft-rousing and well-truncated book by Peter Stone — celebratory but not without a recognition of the deeply imperfect compromises the union is built on — is wrapped into a standard-issue musical comedy aesthetic.