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“Two of America’s Leading Historians Look at the Nation’s Founding Once Again ,”  NY Times, September 21, 2021


“The True Character of the American Revolution? It’s Complicated,”  Washington Post, October 1, 2021


“What We Got Wrong about the Founders,”  The Hill, July 4, 2021


“Opinion: This Fourth, Recall the Revolution,”  Washington Post, July 2, 2021


“Can Joe Biden Flip American Government from Them to Us,”  Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2021


“Trump: Worst. President. Ever,”  Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2021


“What Benjamin Franklin Warned Us About,”  CNN, September 1, 2020


“Ellis speaks out on Impeachment,”  Erin Burnett’s CNN Show, October 27, 2019


“What Does the Second Amendment Really Mean?,”  American Heritage.com, October 2019


“The Amazon rainforest is still burning and we’re all in danger,”  Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2019


“The Green Deal Isn’t Socialism,”  CNN Opinion, April 18, 2019


“What Did the Founders Intend?,”  Dallas Morning News, April 18, 201


“What Would the Founders Say About America Today?,”  DianeRehm.org, December 4, 2018


“American Dialogue,”  Utah Public Radio, November 12, 2018


“Problem the Founders kicked down the road,”  Boston Globe, November 9, 2018


“Arguing with the founders about where we’ve gone wrong,”  Washington Post, November 8, 2018


“The Founders Look at Modern America,”  New York Times, October 30, 2018


“Joseph Ellis Gives His Take: Can Americans move past the political division?,”  Fox News, October 19, 2018


“John Adams’ Fears About America’s Future Feel Pretty Darn Prescient Today,”  Mother Jones, October 18, 2018


“Best-Selling Historian Joseph J. Ellis Explains What the Founding Fathers Got Wrong,”  Time, October 18, 2018


“Joseph Ellis Examines the Political Thinking of four Founding Fathers,”  C-SPAN, October 16, 2018


“The Supreme Court Was Never Meant to be Political,”  Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2018


“Legacies of the Founders,”  C-SPAN, April 5, 2018


“The Thomas Jefferson Hour,”  February 27, 2018


“Joseph Ellis: GOP is trying to erase over 100 years of history,”  CNN Opinion, December 13, 2017


“Purdue University Presidential Lecture Series,”  Youtube, September 14, 2017


“Conversation with Joseph Ellis,”  Journal & Courier, September 8, 2017


“Joseph J. Ellis: Credit Trump with showing us America’s reality on race,”  CNN Opinion, August 17, 2017


“Historians: Roberty E. Lee and George Washington Are Not Equivalent,”  Time, August 17, 2017


“Historian: What would Founding Fathers think of Donald Trump,”  CNN Opinion, May 5, 2016


“John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit by James Traub,”  The New York Times Book Review, April 4, 2016


“Joseph Ellis Finds Teaching Complements Writing Process,”  The Boston Globe, May 2, 2015


“Trees offer a way to delay the consequences of client change,”  The Washington Post, September 21, 2014


“Could the Founding Fathers solve today’s political gridlock?,”  Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2014


“The American Way of War: It may surprise you,”  Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2014


“Tea party wants to take America Back,”  Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2013


“What Would George Washington Think of Election Day 2012?,” Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2012


“When American Narratives Collide,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2012


“Judging Patron Saints,” Inside Higher Ed, January 26, 2012


“Film Fest Features Founding Brothers,” Finger Lakes Times, January 5, 2012.


  1. "Writers on a New England Stage," New Hampshire Public Radio, August 3, 2011


"Ellis Helps WGBY Mark Patriot's Day Week," WGBY, April 22, 2011


"Revolutions: The Dictators Are Gone, Now What?" National Public Radio, March 30, 2011 


"Ellis on NPR's Talk of the Nation," NPR Talk of the Nation, March 30, 2011


"Ellis Talks about Adams Love Story," Minnesota Public Radio News, February 09, 2011 


"Ellis's New Book Reviewed in NYT," The New York Times, December 20, 2010


"Dear John, Dear Abigail: A Love Story Through Letters," NPR, October 27, 2010 


"Joseph J. Ellis Reads from First Family: Abigail and John Adams," Vanity Fair, October 4, 2010


"Ellis Writes on Constitutional Compromise," American Heritage, July 13, 2010


"Immaculate misconception and the Supreme Court," The Washington Post, May 7, 2010


"Tea Party Adopts 'Don't Tread On Me' Flag," WBUR Radio, March 25, 2010


"Madison’s Radical Agenda," American Heritage, February 25, 2010


"American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic," Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2010


"Ellis Book Among Decade's Most Notable," Associated Press, December 11, 2009


"Are 'They' Or 'We' The Government?" National Public Radio, August 10, 2009


"MHC's Ellis on Presidential Conspiracy Theories," The Daily Beast, July 27, 2009


"Historians’ Advice for Dick Cheney:Don’t Follow the John Adams Model," The New York Times, June 27, 2009


"Words for the Ages," Newsweek, January 20, 2009


"Ellis Speaks on Bush Legacy on CBS," CBS News, January 13, 2009 


"MHC's Ellis on Washington Journal," Washington Journal, December 14, 2008 


"Ellis: "Presidential" Perspective on Election," Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2008


"Valley experts consider win, road ahead," Gazettenet.com, November 6, 2008


"Ellis Discusses Historic Election on NPR Shows," Office of Communications, November 10, 2008


"Tuesday's vote to make history," The Republican, November 2, 2008


"How George Washington's Savvy Won the Day," U.S. News & World Report, June 27, 2008


"If You Could Travel in Time, Where Would You Go?" National Public Radio, March 11, 2008


"'The better angels' side with Obama," Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2008


"A Promise of Unpredictability," Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2008


"What Would George Do?" The Washington Post, December 23, 2007


"NYT Reviews Ellis's Newest Book," The New York Times, November 12, 2007


"Behind the Myths of America's 'Creation'," NPR, November 5, 2007


"Ellis Reviews Jay Winik's Book in Times," The New York Times, September 30, 2007


"MHC's Ellis Blogs for Britannica," Office of Communications, Mount Holyoke College February 20, 2007 


"A Promise of Unpredictability," LA Times, January 2, 2007


"Professor Ellis in History Channel Documentary," Office of Communications, May 24, 2006 


"Finding a Place for 9/11 in American History," The New York Times, January 28, 2006