Riding the storm - Hamilton’s 1792 writings predicted our current political turmoil

Riding the storm - Hamilton’s 1792 writings predicted our current political turmoil

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical, “Hamilton,” struck a note with audiences through a modern staging and intricate lyrics that dramatized Alexander Hamilton’s story. In 1792, apparently in response to something President George Washington wrote him, Hamilton, then in his mid-30s, wrote the following, observations that now speak to us across some 230 years. Hamilton’s foresight makes clear who and what we now face in the White House. He and other Foun…