Joseph J. Ellis is the author, most recently, of “The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents.” ...

Books & the Arts / The composer is an undeniable part of the classical music canon. Does that change the meaning of his ...

There is currently no memorial to John Adams, John Quincy Adams and their family in Washington. Congress authorized the Adams Memorial Commission to fix this oversight. I serve as the chair of the ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. One of my favorite moments in John Adams’ 2008 autobiography Hallelujah Junction comes when Adams, as a ...

After the pianist, Vikingur Olafsson, asked for a concerto over beers, the composer, John Adams, wrote “After the Fall,” which will now travel the world. Vikingur Olafsson, left, and John ...

John Adams, the bookish and brilliant Founding Father who gave both the American Revolution and constitutional government their intellectual foundations, was chosen by the Continental Congress to ...

As Chervinsky puts it, “George Washington created the presidency, but John Adams defined it.” He barely got the job. Alexander Hamilton, the Federalist Party’s de facto chief, disliked Adams ...

This journey was, in part, guided by one of America’s earliest champions of liberty – John Adams, a man who shaped not only his own time but laid the foundations for justice that resonate today.