Journey with our Founders as they discover airplanes, Constitutional amendments, World Wars and the Kennedy Assassination. Watch CNN and Jerry Springer with George Washington, meet emancipated African Americans with Thomas Jefferson, surf the web with Benjamin Franklin.

The Founders face difficult questions as they confront modern America. Is the isolationism they advocated plausible in a nuclear era? Can the limited government they envisioned still secure the blessings of liberty? Should Franklin replicate his kite experiment by sticking a key in an electrical outlet? Who brought them to the future, and why?

Read excerpts from the novel Tempus Fugit.

I spent years getting to know our Founders. Most men are diminished by such scrutiny, but in this case respect grew with understanding. As I read our forefathers’ words, I realized they overcame or foresaw most of our current problems.

What would our Founders think of America today?

The answers are more conclusive than you might think.