You should take a look at a book written by Thomas West, a neo-conservative scholar who offers interesting, if radically contrarian, viewpoints. (He posits that the U.S. was progressing until the time of FDR, and started declining after the LBJ legislative measures!) In the process, the author offers evidence and arguments that contradict the established view that the Founding Fathers of the United States were as we believe them to have been.
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"Vindicating the Founders"[/list]
It's always good to listen to the opposite view.