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Current topic: The Federalist Papers

"For those who want to understand why the American form of government was set up the way it was, there is no better explanation than The Federalist Papers, written when the Constitution was being ratified. This collection of newspaper essays by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay explained to their fellow Americans what the Constitution was trying to do and why it was trying to do it.
"No other form of government has had such a thorough explanation of its underlying assumptions about human beings, about moral principles and about what is and is not possible through government. It is a masterpiece, written in a language intended for the general public. It is tragic that this historic book is not taught today in colleges and universities that present all kinds of counterculture drivel instead."

—Thomas Sowell