Would the Founding Fathers support critical race theory? Alvin Tillery - June 29, 2021 Studying their writings — and other canonical documents in U.S. history — reveals how deeply racism is built into the nation’s structure
Was slavery a ‘necessary evil’? Here’s what John Stuart Mill would say. David Lay Williams - July 30, 2020 Mill’s lesson: The winners in unjust systems always want the oppressed to assume their fate was inevitable.
Here’s what Martin Luther King Jr. would say to Sen. Tom Cotton about American history Michael McKoy - July 29, 2020 King called for a “multiracial patriotism.” Here’s what it looks like.
Impeachment exists because the Founding Fathers made a mistake. Several, actually. Josep Colomer - December 3, 2019 This explains why the House has turned to impeachment three times in less than 50 years
Will Trump’s Fourth of July speech soften — or sharpen — Americans’ partisan divisions? Matthew Levendusky - July 3, 2019 The holiday can evoke a shared identity that reduces dislike of the ‘other’ party.
Trump’s nominations for U.S. ambassador are hardly draining the swamp Dennis Jett - May 22, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58630" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former senator Scott Brown speaks in Nashua,
The electoral college is a medieval relic. Only the U.S. still has one. Josep Colomer - December 11, 2016 The U.S. electoral college is a medieval relic. For several
One-third of all U.S. presidents appointed a Supreme Court justice in an election year Barbara Perry - February 29, 2016 Eminent Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously described his fellow
Looking to a lawsuit: Signing statements and the Supreme Court Tobias Gibson - July 3, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12655" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Justice Alito: Friend or foe? REUTERS/Larry
Do We Need Smart Presidents? John Sides - October 13, 2011 bq. The Founding Fathers never meant for Washington, D.C. to
The Death of Libertarianism? Part 3 Stephen Kaplan - July 29, 2009 In considering the (possible) death of American libertarianism, it’s important