Nate Fischer touched a nerve yesterday by pointing out the self-evident fact that the regime governing America today has “almost no relationship to the form of government established by the [C]onstitution.” “If you will not accept the reality that this…
For two weeks, in my Humanities course at Thales College, we will be reading most of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, an unsurpassed analysis of the American system of government and the American character. That character, as Tocqueville saw, had been…
During President Biden’s inaugural address, he used the word “unity” at least a dozen times. He told us, “Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: Bringing America together. Uniting our people.” Three years later, his irresponsible…
Democrats don’t like the Senate. Sure, they currently hold more seats in the chamber than their GOP rivals. But there is deep dissatisfaction with the Senate’s structure. With senate seats apportioned equally by state, significant disparities can open up among…
This June, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, ruling it invalid under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. For Justice Clarence Thomas, the ruling fulfilled his decades-old legal vision of affirmative action’s incompatibility with the Constitution. He…
In its last three terms, the Supreme Court has received a great deal of public attention — both positive and negative — due to its decisions on human sexuality (Bostock, Zarda) and abortion (Dobbs). This term, going relatively unnoticed, were…
Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington’s Mother By Craig Shirley (Harper, 368 pages, $30) “My great age, and the disease which is fast approaching my vitals, warn me that I shall not be long in this world….
In one of the great scenes of the greatest play of all time, Hamlet, the prince of Denmark is introduced to a troupe of traveling actors who are visiting Elsinore, his family castle. His minister tells Hamlet that he will…
In a previous article in these pages, I nominated Clinton v. City of New York as “one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.” In that 1998 case, the Supreme Court held unconstitutional the line-item veto, which had allowed…
