The Fathers of the Constitution spent a lot of time thinking of the Roman Empire...and it wasn't for the meme.

Less than 20 percent of today's Americans are old enough to remember the Watergate scandal and constitutional crisis of 1972-74.

The framers of our constitution did not intend that the president "run the country."

The Texas state constitution contains its own Bill of Rights that protect rights above and beyond those already protected by the federal Bill of Rights.

In the 1840s and 1850s, escaped Texas slaves blazed a less well publicized path to freedom.

The Underground Railroad was a system of back roads and safe houses leading to the free states of the North and to Canada.

What was just a few pages long in 1876, now takes up four volumes in a book-and-shelf law library.

Does the "melting pot" offer opportunity for all?

"Without these non-ideological and sometimes casual voters, democracy sinks into civil strife."

KEDT-FM's Lon Gonzalez talks with the new program’s creator, Dr. William Chriss, how this timely series came about, and why you should tune in.