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...
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...