George Washington specifically warned against “the baneful effects of the spirit of party” in his farewell address in 1796. Yet no sooner did Washington retire from office than political ...

As he prepared to leave office in 1796, President George Washington delivered a farewell address in which he warned: “The ...

My first impression of being called “uneducated” was to assume that reader didn’t see the biography that editor Bill Hudson includes with my columns. But on further consideration, it probably wouldn’t ...

America’s political parties weren’t supposed to wield the power they have today. In fact, George Washington warned us about them. In his 1796 Farewell Address, he called political factions “the worst ...