Enough with Self-Serving Politicians!
Let’s say you were elected to public office, nationally or locally. What would you do with that opportunity? Would you seek to improve...
Echoes of 1876 - Can We Learn from the Past?
At a time when our country feels so bitterly divided, it is instructive to recall a time when political conflicts were just as bad, and...
Immigrants - They Get the Job Done
You’re a parent who has aspirations for your children’s future. You think maybe your child will be a great scientist, like Albert...
Out-Foxxed: A hypothetical
By the middle of the year 1863, the US population was divided. Many voters in the Northern states (the 11 Southern states having...
Short-Term Politics, Bad Economics
Alas, dear readers, it is time for me to discuss a subject that everyone has been hearing about yet virtually no one understands. Yes,...
Supreme Shortcomings - Can We Fix Our Broken Judicial Selection System?
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln invited General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia to join him and his wife Mary at the...