Hans Zeiger

Hans Zeiger is the president of the Jack Miller Center, a nationwide network of civics teachers, historians, and scholars of American political thought who are dedicated to the teaching of the American political tradition.

Reflecting on America’s Legislative Tradition

Commentary On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress convened for its opening session in the building that ...

Viewpoints May 25, 2025
Citizenship Is About More Than Voting

Commentary On the eve of a big national election, it is easy to get swept up in the ...

Viewpoints November 5, 2024
Essential Reading on the Constitution

Commentary As Constitution Day falls on Sept. 17, we are in the midst of an historically divisive election ...

Viewpoints September 17, 2024
Remembering the Heroes of D-Day

Commentary After watching “Band of Brothers” in 2007, I began interviewing World War II veterans from Puyallup, Washington, ...

Viewpoints June 6, 2024
This Bill of Rights Day, Let’s Celebrate the Preamble

Commentary December 15th marks Bill of Rights Day, which commemorates the 232nd anniversary when the first ten amendments ...

Viewpoints December 15, 2023
Independence Day Teaches Us That People Matter

Commentary The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important statements on human liberty ever written. Not only did ...

Viewpoints July 4, 2023
How MLK Embodied Our Founding Principles

Commentary Nearly 60 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the ...

Viewpoints January 17, 2023
4 Things We Should Teach Children About the Constitution

Commentary When we think of the United States Constitution, we probably consider the structure it gives to our ...

Viewpoints September 20, 2022
David McCullough: America’s Storyteller

Commentary Historian David McCullough, who passed away on Aug. 7, spent his life telling stories that his fellow ...

Viewpoints August 26, 2022