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Elon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans ...
Joseph Thorndike examines the history of third parties and their role in effecting political change and considers whether ...
From the Anti-Masons to Elon Musk's new America Party, here's a look at how third parties have made their mark through ...
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The Founders Were Right to Fear Factionalism

The Founders of the American Republic understood the dangers of factionalism, but they also acknowledged, at least by deed if not in word, that parties could play a positive role in the governance of ...
The Anti-Masons were the first recognized third party. It was formed in 1828 in opposition to the Freemasons, a secret ...
Like the actor James Stewart playing Mr. Smith, Mr. Archibald Stuart “went to Washington” as a member of the Twenty-Fifth ...
Adults from Van Buren and Searcy counties attended the Extension Get Fit Program last week in the Graham-Weatherly Building on the Van Buren County Fairgrounds. This science based program was ...
Historian James Bradley has written a major new biography of local resident and the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. He was the first chief executive not born a British ...
KINDERHOOK — Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will host “Spring in the Orchard" on Saturday, June 7. This is an opportunity to visit and learn about spring happenings in the recently ...
Locally filmed western "Trail of Vengeance," starring Rumer Willis, premieres May 27 in Van Buren, Fort Smith, Rogers and Fayetteville Malco theatres.
VAN BUREN -- A Van Buren man could be ordered to spend more than 20 years in prison this week if a judge finds he violated the terms of his probation for multiple violent crimes including human ...
Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, served from 1837-1841, leaving a legacy as a skilled politician and a key architect of the modern Democratic Party.