Welcome, history buffs, political junkies, and controversialists. I’m a journalist, biographer, and historian, who writes about everything from today’s headlines to the Constitutional Convention; from the Federalist Party, to the Marijuana Reform Party; from the battle of Saratoga to the Terror War. Here you’ll find out about my books—including my latest, What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers—my journalism, and my public appearances. You’ll be interested, entertained, challenged.

— Rick



Who cares what the Founders would do? Who believes that the experiences, opinions or plans of men who lived two hundred years ago could have any relevance to our problems?

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I will be speaking at the Sun Valley Writers' Conference, in Ketchum, Idaho, August 19 and 20. Topic: What Would the Founders Do? For details, call 208-672-8660 or see www.swvc.com....

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