When modern political debate turns to questions of instability, irrationality, and fitness to govern, George III functions as cultural shorthand: the mad king. The phrase is convenient. It is also ...

Professor Paul Kengor thinks the No Kings rallies are silly (“Teaching ‘No Kings’ nonsense,” Oct. 23, TribLive). Let me remind him of some of the provisions of offense cited by Jefferson in the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Back in September, House Speaker Mike Johnson offered a directive to big-city mayors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most Americans are superficially familiar with the Declaration of Independence, especially its opening affirmations that we are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A waxwork head of Britain's King George III, cast from an original mould by Madame Tussauds, is prepared for display at Kew Palace ...

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.