A primary goal of the Founders was to protect the people from a strong federal government. They accomplished this with a series of checks and balances...
Every day in my American Civic class, I begin the morning asking if anyone has any questions, not just about what we studied the day before,...
Possibly the most misunderstood and controversial character of the Civil War is John Brown. As a child growing up in Virginia, I was taught that Brown...
Possibly the biggest story of the past week is our involvement with Ukraine. Most Americans’ opinion of President Trump’s handling of the situation probably has as...
Have you ever considered what the vice president does all day? My guess is probably not, but the framers of Constitution did. When they got to...
This may be the most difficult column I have ever written. When it comes to the Department of Government Efficiency, I really have no idea what’s...
Amongst the many perceived controversies of Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president are some of his choices for cabinet secretaries. Of the 15 secretary positions,...
December 2024 and January 2025 may possibly go down in history as one of the most politically significant moments in recent history. In December then-President Joe...
As our Founding Fathers were discussing the creation of the Senate, or upper house in Congress, they had to consider qualifications for members to hold such...
I have spent more class time discussing the barrage of executive orders and pardons from both the outgoing and incoming presidents this week. As a federal...
“No taxation without representation” may be one of the most famous sayings in American history. Although the phrase had its roots in the Glorious Revolution and...
January 6, 2025, was an important day as a joint Congress confirmed the electoral votes, certifying that Donald Trump was indeed the newly elected President of...
Section III of Article I of the Constitution is all about the Senate. When reading the original Section III before modern amendments, right away one might...
As we come to the close of 2024, it is worth looking back over this year at some of the highs and lows. Being an election...
As I sat in the theater with the rest of the nation this past week watching “Wicked,” I was happy to see the movie pay homage...
During my travels this summer I made my way across Ireland and Scotland and fell in love with the beauty and the rich history of these...
Article I, Section II of the U.S. Constitution is all about the House of Representatives. While the first three clauses attract most the attention and discuss...
Coming off a divisive election, the highly anticipated fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul could have been the perfect opportunity to unite us once again....
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has announced that State Question 832 will be included on the June 16, 2026, ballot. This will be a difficult question for...
It’s not often in life that we get a do-over, and in politics, it’s even rarer. Most of the time, once a candidate is associated with...
As Americans gathered at the polls this week to choose our next president it looked a bit different than it has in the past. For good...
Over the past year I have written several articles dealing with the war between Israel and Hamas. While that war is still ongoing, a more recent...
As a political historian, I was disappointed when Joe Biden backed out of the presidential race. I say that for no other reason than it’s been...
“Well, I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad, so...
Article I, Section II of the United States Constitution deals with the U.S. House of Representatives. A previous article discussed qualifications for membership in the House...
I read something online the other day that said, “not to brag but I have won as many primary votes as Kamala Harris.” At first it...
This summer I had the amazing fortune to travel around the British Isles. As I spent time in the cities as well as the pastoral landscapes,...
In 2016 J.D. Vance released a memoir of his formative years as a member of a hillbilly family just trying to survive. His story was about...
One of the benefits of my profession is that I get some time off in the summer. I use this time to research but also to...
Of all the sentences in the Constitution, Article I, Section I is the most important and today is also the most abused. Our Founders created a...