How many are surprised to know that this summer marked the 75th anniversary of the start of a war that claimed the lives of more than...
President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill has proven to be one of the most contentious bills in recent memory. At the heart of the debate is...
On Dec. 21, 2023, the United States House of Representatives voted 311-114 to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress. Doing so was the first time...
As part of my son’s graduation celebration, my in-laws flew the family down to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We spent a week in a tropical paradise, enjoying...
Last week, our nation seemed to split across a metaphorical fault line over the “Big Beautiful Bill.” One side called the measure a masterpiece while the...
It is finally finished. I hope this was worth it. Section 86001 has just one part and sets aside $40 million for the National Endowment for...
It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon, so I took some time to read a bit more. I’m getting so close. Just waiting for some of my oldest...
I am a little behind where I hoped to be, I did not realize how long this would take but I am committed and can’t stop...
I needed to write next weeks article and I have a bunch of finals to grade. While all that takes priority, I am actually getting closer...
Those last few sections were no fun, but now we get back into the drama. This section explains the messy divorce between President Trump and his...
I’m sure you are getting tired of reading these. Honestly, it is getting harder to read. Most of this is business taxes, which I honestly have...
Fun class today. After I answered all the history questions, I asked what we needed to talk about as part of our civic class. Of course,...
I thought I might as well jump into the next part as it is some of the parts that Trump has been touting. This is section...
I had one of those nights last night where I just could not sleep. I thought, you know what might help, reading laws. It was actually...
After spending the morning at the Ansel Adams exhibit, I decided I had had too much fun and so spent a couple more hours looking over...
Happy 4th of July everyone. I assume you all have spent the day like me, dividing your time between watching 1776 and reading Trump’s Big Beautiful...
I was disappointed on June 14 as I saw several social media posts celebrating the low turnout at the military parade honoring of the 250th anniversary...
I am the product of a wannabe hippie. While Dad grew an afro for a time, he was far from an actual hippie, but he absolutely...
To better understand economic thought, I decided to tackle Mark Skousen’s 2007 book “The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.”...
In many ways, Article I, Section V of our Constitution is a continuation of Section IV in that it established the rules and powers of Congress....
With Memorial Day last week, I felt it appropriate to write something patriotic in honor of those who gave their last full measure of devotion to...
This week, I want to break away from my normal history and political writing and talk about endings. Most associate spring with beginnings, but for those...
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of our great nation, it is important to remember the events in 1775 that led to its...
As we have seen over the past few months, there has been a lot of debate as to who is eligible to vote and where the...
There is a popular meme going around the internet. The caption to the picture reads, “We’ve done this mass tariff thing 3 times in American history....
There are many like me who may be a bit confused about tariffs. In theory, tariffs, taxes on imported goods, seem like something I would support....
So far in President Trump’s short second term his greatest adversary has been the judicial branch. Some of his programs have been blocked by federal judges...
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...
