PART II: The Age of Presidents and the Holy Grail, 1971-1991

Finding the “arms race” particularly expensive, Russia and the US entered into a period of give and take. And in the spirit of giving,  when Nixon made a historic visit to China, the US dropped our objection to China’s presence in the UN, and China appeared on the world stage.

Numeric Cheetah Flips-When Military Analysts Dance to Political Tunes

Lloyd Austin

Deployed as a math geek research analyst in the company of a certain prominent political figure today, I soon learned a bitter truth: numbers don’t lie, but military analysts? Well, they often have to.

Commerce Clause Contortions: Uncle Sam’s Creative Overreach of Power

While the Commerce Clause was intended to regulate trade among the states, its interpretation by the federal government has sometimes resembled a game of “Six Degrees of Interstate Commerce,” allowing Uncle Sam to poke his nose into activities seemingly unrelated to crossing state lines.