Here's a new one at the faculty lounge: a trivia question related to the Articles of Confederation. We don't talk much about the Articles of Confederation; in fact, I almost never hear about them. But at right is the house of one of the signers. Whose house is it and where is it?
While it may be true that we hear little about the Articles, Russell Hardin's book, Liberalism, Constitutionalism, and Democracy (1999), which is not about the Articles of Confederation simpliciter, does compare the Articles to the Constitution throughout, highlighting structural ('contract' v. 'coordination' model respectively), economic (decisive advantages with the Constitution on this score, the Articles relying on a 'mix of crude mercantilism and beggar-thy-neighbor competition at the level of the individual states'), and political (e.g., problems with the unanimity requirement with regard to amendment proposals in the Articles and advantage to the Constitution with national defense) virtues of the latter over the former.
Col. John Banister, Petersburg, VA.
Phil! You got it. Very nicely done.
Al: I love your sense of history! Bringing these pictures to us, and conjuring up the memory and legacy of events and persons who lived them is such a great way to think about and learn about these important matters.
Thank you.
Anon,
Thanks for the kind words. I'm actually running low on trivia questions. I'd be delighted for readers to send along their law-related building photographs for trivia.