Blogging The Federalist
I was in the bookstore the other day and, as usual, spent more money than I'd intended. One of the items I purchased was the Modern Classic edition of the Federalist papers. Written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, their purpose was to make a case for ratifying the Constitution. In all 85 papers were published.
It will be a slow process for me, reading them. Heck, the introduction alone is 50 pages. But I'll try to post my thoughts and reactions as I go.
So far, I gotta tell you, the big action in the Introduction is who wrote which papers, a source of much controversy with memos hidden in books, deathbed confessions and contradictions among those who were there....so far, I don't know why I'm supposed to care who wrote what, but maybe, later on, it will all become clear.