A new book argues that to understand the debate over church and state, we need to look to the Founders' views on Islam, writes R.B. Bernstein.
R.B. Bernstein teaches at City College of New York and New York Law School; his books include Thomas Jefferson, The Founding Fathers Reconsidered, and the forthcoming The Education of John Adams.
Immigrants
A new masterpiece of history by Bernard Bailyn shows American life in the 17th century to be nasty, brutish, and short. By R.B. Bernstein.