At the University of Pennsylvania’s recent commencement ceremony, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the playwright of Broadway’s award-winning musical, Hamilton, gave a passionate speech challenging Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric. Miranda, the son of a Puerto Rican immigrant and […]
Can the Libertarian Party capitalize on the millions of Americans who are angered by the prospect of a Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton presidency?Throughout its relatively short history as a political party, Libertarians have been […]
“Rules are made to be broken” is a saying that has many variations, but perhaps no one has summed up Hillary Clinton’s attitude (and Bill’s, too) about rules more than the late science-fiction writer, Robert […]
For 16 years after the 1960 debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees declined to debate during the general election. The Federal Communication Commission mandated that televised debates […]
Only Nixon could go to China. Richard Nixon, the staunch anti-communist, made an historic trip to Red China in 1972. While the adage about his journey is apt, it speaks to a wisdom that is […]
One glaring problem in America today is that it seems like many have little time for sacrifice or even to comprehend its deeper meaning. We live in a nation of excess, consumption, and debt. We […]
Ah, Russia! There are a million words to describe it, yet none. The latest Nobel laureate in literature, Svetlana Alexievich, boils down the mystery that is Russia into this one big question: “Why doesn’t people’s […]
A Washington Post/ABC News poll released Sunday finds Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a virtual tie, with Trump leading Clinton 46 percent to 44 percent among registered voters. That’s an 11 percent swing against […]
Talk about mixed emotions. And a mixed cast of historical figures great and small to choose from. There’s Harry Truman, the sudden president of the United States who at first wasn’t sure of what he […]
A May 2 Washington Post article argued that Donald Trump’s popularity could be riding the wave of dissatisfaction with our “messy” democratic process, namely, endless talks and compromises bogging down movements. A Gallup Poll in […]
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