The Founders Club

Tracing the Philosophical Roots of the U.S. Constitution

Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France

As the American Revolution was winding to an end, Burke would be put in charge of investigating alleged British injustices in India in...

Edmund Burke and the American Revolution

Edmund Burke was born on January 12, 1729, in Dublin, Ireland to a merchant class Irish family with no great esteem. His father Richard...

William Pitt the Elder | The Great Commoner

William Pitt the Elder, the namesake of Pittsburgh, was the grandson of Thomas Pitt who was also known as “Diamond” Pitt for discovering...