James Thunder
The nation was rightfully outraged at the failure of Pennsylvania State University officials to protect young children from rape (assuming the charges against former Coach Sandusky are true). Those were, however, the actions of a few men acting in their…
At a news conference on Friday July 22, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley said that he would not only support, but would actually sponsor, a bill to allow same-sex marriage at the next legislative session that convenes in January. He explained…
Democratic leaders and liberal commentators declaim against the Tea Party members of the Republican House and Grover Norquist for the no-new-taxes pledge to which many Republican Senators and House members have subscribed and have promised their constituents in return for…
Roland C. Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, published an essay in the Washington Post online, July 8, and in print, July 10, decrying the fact that women who have had affairs with male public figures, such as Arnold…
On June 21, in a first round of tennis at Wimbledon, American John Isner beat Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) in two hours. (In tennis, the scores in parenthesis denote the single points, rather than games, in…
In the fall of 2010, a shock wave went through the community of the University of Notre Dame. A junior, Declan Sullivan, was killed when the tower, an elevated scissor lift, upon which he was standing to videotape a football…
On Wednesday, April 27, new Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, was interviewed on a national radio program about a bill on healthcare that the Governor will soon sign. (Let me add that he testified on April 14 at a…
Now both April 15 and April 16 can be celebrated as days of emancipation in the District of Columbia. April 16 It is becoming better known throughout the country that April 16 is celebrated as Emancipation Day in the District…
This is the third in a series of essays on our federal form of government. The first, “Sister States-Fellow Citizens,” considered the history of the formation and admission of states equal to those of the Original Thirteen. The second, “Strengthening…
You no doubt have read of those periodic surveys of professors of American history who rank the presidents. If there were a survey that ranked the Congresses, with each Congress consisting of a two-year period, First through the current 112th,…
