A House resolution has been introduced to award Lt. Eric Fisher Wood Jr. the Medal of Honor for his fight to the death behind enemy lines in the Battle of the Bulge.
Shall We Play a Game?
Explaining the zero-sum game that American politics has devolved into using a little bit of ‘80s pop culture.
The Progress of Leviathan
Trumpism is simply the inevitable result of a century-long expansion of federal authority and the centralizing of power in the US Presidency.
Is Trump Running As Both Bush And Dukakis?
President Trump seems to think he can tout himself as a Law-and-Order President while disparaging Joe Biden’s Tough-On-Crime history.
Link: Does the Constitution Hang by a Thread?
The US Constitution hangs by far fewer threads than it did even a few years ago. But of those threads, I will say this: there may be few, but they have the capacity to be strong.
Faithless Electors are Dead, Long Live the Electoral College
In what some are calling a blow to the electoral college, the decision in Chiafolo v. Washington actually strengthens state sovereignty, the core of why we have an electoral college.
Both Sides Erase History
Neither predominant political faction is interested in an objective consideration of history.
‘Woke’ Ideology Is Damaging the Fabric of Society
By embracing the current ethnic tensions as an “us vs. them” scenario, radical proponents of social justice are assuring it will become exactly that.
Stop Tearing Down Statues and Start Building Understanding
History is what it is. Erasing it only assures its repetition.
Link: What Are Constitutional Values?
The US Constitution doesn’t exist in a vacuum. There are strong ideological and philosophical underpinnings behind its provisions and framework.