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Unprecedented may be the most overused word in political discourse, but it applies to the post-presidency of Donald J. Trump. More than a year and a …
3 years, 7 months ago
Why War Doesn't Work
As Russia prepared in the opening weeks of 2022 to invade its neighbor, many observers expected a quick victory. Russia's modernized army vastly outn…
3 years, 7 months ago
Slavery and the Constitution: Kevin Roberts
This is the fifth installment in an occasional series focusing on slavery, the Constitution, and the current debate over the meaning of America's fou…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Problem With Prohibitions
For decades neither side in the abortion debate had to test its position in the democratic arena. The Supreme Court in 1973 had settled it: the Const…
3 years, 8 months ago
New World Order
On Sept. 11, 1990, President George Bush addressed a joint session of Congress to explain why the U.S. and its allies had sent their armies to the Ar…
3 years, 8 months ago
Our Wall of Separation
The U.S. Supreme Court is redrawing the boundary between church and state. In several major rulings, the court came down on the side of the free exer…
3 years, 8 months ago
What We Owe Grant
For most of the 137 years after his death in 1885, Ulysses S. Grant was remembered by historians as a failed president who led a hopelessly corrupt a…
3 years, 8 months ago
Forgotten Afghanistan
Nearly a year since the U.S. completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, Americans' attention has long since drifted to other problems. Twenty years o…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Declinists
Is America in decline? We've lost wars in the Middle East and our international standing because of the disgrace of torture. Experts believe China wi…
3 years, 8 months ago
George Wallace Populism
George Wallace was a segregationist. He was a pro-union Democrat who railed against federal power and pointy-headed bureaucrats. He demanded law and …
3 years, 8 months ago