Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential address to Congress is famous for bringing us the Roosevelt Corollary, which warned European nations from involving themselves in the affairs of...
If you are watching more TV than normal, then you may be seeing ads for FX’s upcoming miniseries called “Mrs. America.” The show is about Phyllis...
There has been a lot of criticism over the President’s use of the term “Chinese virus” and rightfully so. Names have not always been an accurate...
A recent incident at the University of Oklahoma should have all people concerned, but for more reasons than you may think. A journalism professor made the...
I recently wrote an article for his column about a lesser known influence on the Founding Fathers, a man named James Harrington. I think, with the...
Watching the Senate hearings over the past weeks I am happy to see historical arguments being made by both sides. As I have said, the Constitution...
My last article dealt with the growing crisis with Iran and the history of American presidents using missile attacks on their enemies. Based on those acts,...
If anyone was hoping for a calmer more peaceful decade, then surely by now they are disappointed. With just a few days into 2020, the major...
Christmas is the time of year when everyone seems a little happier and are a little nicer to each other. It is when we look forward...
As surprising as this may sound, presidents behaving badly is not new. President Trump is just the latest. Politicians have been skirting the law since the...
For me, Heaven will not be Heaven unless there is a history symposium at least once a week. For this week’s symposium they are going...
The men who gathered in that blistering humid room in Philadelphia in 1787 to create our governing document did not represent a cross section of the...
One of the big issues in politics right now is cost of college and student debt. Among the Democrats running for president, some are calling for...
I recently saw a post on social media asking why conservatives are so concerned with socialism when what they should be concerned about is dictatorship in...
With all the talk of impeachment, it is time once again to explain exactly what impeachment is and also to look at it historically. The...
One of the biggest recent news stories is Trump’s cancellation of a surprise summit with Taliban leaders and the Afghanistan president at Camp David. I am...
I have been avoiding this topic because of the emotions involved and the divisiveness of the arguments, but so much has been said over the past...
I can still remember the day in 1999 when two students entered Columbine High School and killed twelve fellow students and one teacher. I was an...
If President Trump pulls off a win in 2020, there is going to be a great deal of soul searching, not to mention wailing and gnashing...
It is currently looking like in June that at least twenty-five Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination for the presidency. With so many candidates, there seems...
With the government shutdown now over, it is historically intriguing that one of the central players, President Donald Trump, with help from the Democrats, is helping...