For over sixty years, no matter where you stand on the constitutional spectrum, you have had to get right with Brown v. Board of Education.
R. B. Bernstein
The First Inauguration
In lower Manhattan a statue marks the site where George Washington took the constitutional oath of office to become president of the United States on April 30, 1789.
What Tools Not To Use In Political Fighting: A Pocket Guide
If you pay attention to how people discuss politics online in social media, you might feel your head spinning. Far too many people on left and right are insisting not only that their adversaries are somehow bad for America, but that they’re traitors, or that they’ve committed sedition, or that they’ve violated the Logan Act.
Missing Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock, …and Richard Hofstadter
The death on February 27 of the greatest icon of reason in popular culture – Leonard Nimoy, who created the role of Mr. Spock in Star Trek – speaks to our culture’s need of reason.
Sticks, Stones, and American Exceptionalism
On February 18, 2015, in a fundraiser for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, former Mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani joined the parade of accusers in American politics – accusing President Obama of not loving this country.
Politics Collides with the State of the Union
Republican members of the House of Representatives are mulling over the idea of denying the President the chance to deliver his 2015 State of the Union Message to a joint session of Congress this coming January 27.
Did the Founding Fathers Really Turn to Moses for Inspiration?
The Texas State Board of Education has just designated Moses in its new history curriculum as a key influence on eighteenth-century republican thought and the American founding.