I write letters to the editor because of a quote from a letter John Adams wrote to Maj. Gen. James Warren in April 1776, urging decency, respect, sense, learning and heart in our national ...

It has bolstered my faith in my fellow travelers and led me to John Adams' words: "Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty." ...

Richard Brookhiser letter says Floyd Abrams's July 3 Op-Ed article on John Adams perpetuates myth that Thomas Jefferson ended 'reign of witches' begun by Sedition Act ...

Richard Brookhiser letter says Floyd Abrams's July 3 Op-Ed article on John Adams perpetuates myth that Thomas Jefferson ended 'reign of witches' begun by Sedition Act ...

Richard Brookhiser letter says Floyd Abrams's July 3 Op-Ed article on John Adams perpetuates myth that Thomas Jefferson ended 'reign of witches' begun by Sedition Act ...