However, the discussion is irrelevant because the preamble is non-binding. Objections to the treaty on account of this non-binding language are without merit. It drives home just how pathetically ...

This time, above a Costa Mesa mattress store, it's a 48×14-foot “Treaty of Tripoli” billboard that boldly states, “The United States in in not any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” ...

Adams did not write that. It was part of the Treaty of Friendship with Tripoli that had been written by Joel Barlow during President Washington’s administration but wasn’t ratified by the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Simon Schama news every morning. The 1797 Treaty of Tripoli stated: “…the government of the United States is not in any ...

He wanted to know whether I had the text of the Treaty of Tripoli. I teach American history and might be expected to have such materials or knowledge of them. I did not. I could sing but not “place” ...

A recent letter to the editor that used the Treaty of Tripoli (1797) to argue that the United States was not then considered a Christian nation fails the truth and balance tests. The treaty was ...