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Publius Valerius Publicola was one of the four aristocrats that led the overthrow of the Roman monarchy and became a consul of the Roman republic that followed the fall of the monarchy. In honor of him, John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym “Publius” to urge Americans to ratify the US Constitution.
It is in the spirit of Publius, then, that I (and any other contributors here) write this blog. The original bearer of that name was a man who brought down tyranny and founded the Roman republic, which stood for about five hundred years and was the first example (of many) to which America’s founders looked for a model as they wrote the Constitution. Jay, Madison and Hamilton, though they later went their separate ways and even became rivals, were one in the purpose during the drafting and ratification of the federal constitution. They were men of great curiosity, intellect, and energy, and all were vivacious in their support of the American republic.
While my interests and posts here may include restaurants, books (fiction and non), law, and a hundred other topics, at root I am a patriot, a believer in the American republic and the American people, their peculiarities for good and for bad, and the messiness of politics and government. After all, democracy is the “worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried.”
If you’ve feedback, thoughts, or have something interesting to say, I welcome the conversation, and I look forward to getting to know you.
I can also be found on Twitter as @publiusdb.
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