Alec D. Rogers is an attorney specializing in government practice and policy in Washington, DC. In Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy, Stephen Knott brings a lifetime of careful and thoughtful study of the American government, foreign policy, and … Continue reading Review of Stephen Knott’s Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy
Brianne Wolf is Assistant Professor of Political Theory at James Madison College at Michigan State University. The issue of guns in America is often discussed as essential to freedom in a liberal society. On the one side of the issue, … Continue reading Bowling in Fear? Gun Violence and the Erosion of Civil Society
Mark Antonio Menaldo is Department Head and Associate Professor of Liberal Studies at Texas A&M University-Commerce. From heady academic categories to buzzword nomenclatures, “culture” applies to almost anything. The dominant way of thinking of “culture” today is as a “social … Continue reading Stewarding a Shapeless Culture
Steven B. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science, Yale University Every other year I teach a class at Yale called The Mind of Lincoln. The course is an in-depth study of the speeches and letters of Lincoln combined with … Continue reading The Lincoln Challenge
David Lewis Schaefer, Professor of Political Science, College of the Holy Cross In what was probably the most foolish utterance he made as President, Dwight Eisenhower, in his final address to the nation before he left office, offered a warning, … Continue reading The Return of the “Military-Industrial Complex”
Gary Schmitt is a senior fellow in the Social, Cultural and Constitutional Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute. When former Vice President Mike Pence talks about his preferred nominees for the federal bench and the Supreme Court, he will … Continue reading Pence: Do the Right Thing
Jordan Cash is an Assistant Professor in the James Madison College at Michigan State University. On November 15, 2022, only a week after the 2022 midterms, Donald Trump became the seventh president to seek election for a non-consecutive term. Because … Continue reading Can Trump Pull a Cleveland?
Gary Schmitt is a senior fellow in the Social, Cultural and Constitutional Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute. The headline finding of the January 6th committee’s report is the criminal referral of former President Donald Trump to the Justice … Continue reading Congress, the Vice President & Resolving Electoral College Disputes: A Note
Charles U. Zug is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado – Colorado Springs Demagoguery is a concept that originated in classical antiquity, but the American constitutional system is, in its most important respects, rooted in a body of … Continue reading Demagogues in American Politics
David Lewis Schaefer, Professor of Political Science, College of the Holy Cross America’s Constitution, by far the longest continuously operative one in the world, is under attack from both sides of the political spectrum. On the right, conservative Texas Republican … Continue reading Don’t Mess With Our Constitution
