U.S. Constitution

All those hypothetical questions we love to debate around issues of privacy, freedom and other civil rights? Many of them feel a lot less theoretical…

Encore Presentation: This program's original broadcast was on March 19, 2013.Having existed and endured for nearly 230 years, the U.S. Constitution and…

In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln saw his home state of Illinois become the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, banning slavery. He’d…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 9, 2013 - The American people are "both passionately engaged in their own view of the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The American people are "both passionately engaged in their own view of the Constitution and woefully…

When Twin Cities Public Television, tpt National Productions and Insignia Films wanted to produce a documentary series for PBS examining what the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 12, 2012 - “I acknowledge no master but the law.” -- James BuchananAs Americans, we proclaim…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 13, 2012 - What's the difference between the U.S. Constitution and Windows 3.1?That's a key…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 21, 2010 - Mark Twain defined a classic as "a book which people praise and don't read." The same…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 15, 2010 - In a move more reminiscent of Tony Soprano than, say, Thomas Jefferson, President…