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Celebrate Liberty Month: ISIL, war powers, and the Constitution

By Scott Roehm

Scaffolding continues to go up on the dome of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Obama threatens separation of powers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Madison’s Gift: Five Partnerships that Built America’

By James Srodes

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Has U.S. forgotten God?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Marco Rubio (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

BRUCE FEIN: Marco Rubio repudiates George Washington

By Bruce Fein

James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, warned that the "freedom of the people" is imperiled more by "gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.” (Library of Congress)

BRUCE FEIN: History shows Congress superior to president on war

By Bruce Fein

The Bible’s Influence: The American Bible Society and Reaching the Unreached

By Roy Peterson

Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon (15) talks with forward Darion Atkins (5) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. Virginia won 79-51. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ninth-ranked Virginia blows out James Madison in opener

By Hank Kurz Jr. - Associated Press

This handout photo provided by the Montpelier Foundation, taken in May 2010, shows President James Madison’s Montpelier estate in Virginia. The estate is planning a major refurbishment and a rebuilding of its slave quarters with a donation from businessman and history buff David Rubenstein. (AP Photo/Kenneth M. Wyner, Montpelier Foundation)

Slave quarters to be rebuilt at Madison’s Va. home

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

Liberties Lost Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO: The presumption of liberty

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Vintage sheet music cover page of The Star Spangled Banner

DiBACCO: How the national anthem came to be

By Thomas V. DiBacco

Illustration on Congress' authority to make war The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: When America wages war

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown (16) scores a touchdown past James Madison linebacker Rhakeem Stallings (7) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

C.J. Brown, Terps roll past James Madison in opener

By Ian Quillen - Associated Press

COOK: Remembering Washington in flames

By Jane Hampton Cook

White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers questions from reporters during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Earnest took questions on the Middle East, Iran, Ukraine, and immigration. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

CHARLES: The tallest president in history

By Robert Charles