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.

“No Man’s Life, Liberty, or Property Are Safe While the Democrats Are in Control.”

“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session,” is a quote attributed to both Mark Twain and Gideon Tucker, but, rather than the Legislature, I would amend it to say, “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Democrats are in control.” We have recently reported on …

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Harvardicide; Come for the destruction of DEI, stay for academia’s collapse

I come to praise Claudine Gay, not condemn her. The now ex-president of Harvard did our nation a great service by being smug and arrogant at a congressional hearing. Her hubris revealed what a farce DEI is as Harvard overlooked qualified candidates and chose her simply because she is a black lady.