As America approaches its 250th birthday, the bestselling biographer and historian reflects on the message of the Declaration ...

In the next several days, Simon & Schuster will bring forth a little book, 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide, that should shake ...

Author, journalist and Tulane University professor Isaacson sat with President Mike Fitts at an event to discuss his upcoming ...

Walter Isaacson’s new book highlights the Declaration of Independence’s famous second sentence: “We hold these truths to be ...

As the Declaration of Independence approaches its 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson shifts his focus from inventors to the profound impact of a singular line that has shaped a nation and continues to ...

Over the years, I have written a number of posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

On July 4, 1776, 56 men signed a document declaring 13 British colonies as one United States of America. By this charter, they formed a new country … one free from a distant king's rule. The ...

Next year, the United States is set to celebrate a major milestone: 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of ...

Author Walter Isaacson is drawn to minds that bend the world. He writes about men who catch lightning, who bottle reason, who ...

George Washington Crosses the Delaware. Famous Revolutionary War painting by Emanuel Leutze (1851). (NA) Over the years, I have written a number of posts on the American Revolution and the ideals of ...