Heroes and Villains

Click the drop-down menu for introductions and sketches of the key players in this fascinating and exciting drama of the beginnings of the American republic!

Not all villains are always villains and not all heroes are always heroes. The great conundrum of humanity and therefore of history is this: people and events are passing complex and that what we think is going on may not be going on at all, and who we think a friend or enemy may be one, neither, or both.

Walt Whitman wrote in Leaves of Grass,

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
-Song of Myself, 51

Many in today’s culture are reluctant to be “judgy.” Judging character and being good at it is a fundamental element of a successful life and sometimes the difference between success and failure and life and death. Be judgy! (Use exceptional discernment!)