Welcome

Welcome to We Are Publius, a blog on federalism and citizenship. I plan to have at least semi-regular posting, so please check back for new entries.

The majority of the content here (at least by volume) will focus on a discussion of the Federalist Papers, the defense of the US Constitution by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. This blog was originally intended as a guide to the Papers, exclusively, but there seems to be enough occasional incidents in federalism to justify expanding its purpose.

A word as to why on earth I decided such a project as the Federalist Papers: because they are there. I work with a group called Citizens for Global Solutions. Federalism is a guiding principle of CGS, and the Papers are some of the definitive documents of federalism. Still, I've never read them, and I bet most other people haven't either, and probably for the same reason: all 85, when compiled in a book, number at well over 400 pages, and they are in Colonial-era English, which makes them both beautifully and archaically written, and thus not easily given to pleasure reading.

So here I am, and We Are.

For those of you who are more ambitious/adventurous, the Federalist Papers are posted in PDF format here, grouped by subject. For the truly geeky, you can buy your very own copy of the Papers on Amazon- I use the Signet Classic edition.