A secrecy rule shrouded the debates carried on during the Constitutional Convention held in 1787 in Philadelphia. What mischief would a similar rule lead to today? ...
On June 4, 1787, delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia considered the scope of the presidential veto power. ...
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 could be a cautionary tale of what could happen if the Constitution is opened to a contemporary con-con. ...
The United States, a country that began because of a tax revolt, now has high taxes, which grow incessantly, so how did it happen? ...
On the Ides of March, General George Washington defused a potential coup that might have brought down Congress. ...
Russia is about to ask permission of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) in Vienna, Austria, to fly its latest reconnaissance aircraft, the Tu-214ON, over the United States. ...
Another Presidents Day has come and gone, with another year of neglect of the father of our country. ...
Government increasingly does what it wants. There are two main ways to rein it in. History says only one method will work. ...
On November 16, 1798, Governor James Garrard of Kentucky signed into law the Kentucky Resolution of 1798, Thomas Jefferson's seminal restatement of the proper relationship between states and the federal government....
With America’s westward expansion petering out, owing to a lack of available land, Easterners demanded that government open up Indian territory, leading to land rushes. ...
The anniversary of the discovery by Columbus of the New World is yet another opportunity for the dissemination of leftist propaganda against Christianity and Western civilization. ...
It is true that the world changed irretrievably on October 12, 1492, but contrary to left-wing opinion, it changed for the better. ...
The fall of the Western Roman Empire was precipitated by immigrants — who had fled to Roman protection from the Huns — when the newcomers refused to follow Roman laws. ...
The media has been quick to accept conclusions drawn from DNA tests concerning a conservative Republican president, Warren Harding, but what do they really prove? ...
A look at the behind-the-scenes intrigue that catapulted unknown Wendell Willkie to head the Republican ticket in 1940 — and guaranteed FDR an unprecedented third term. ...