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In a recent discussion on the economy with a faculty colleague, I reminded her of some of the absurdities of New Deal economic policies (many of which have been laid out in ...
In the wake of the twin behemoths, Katrina and Rita, gasoline prices went past $3 a gallon for the first time in U.S. history. Even accounting for inflation, the nation saw its highest prices ever at the pump. It ...
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The last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade or so of the 20th century saw the rise of the large corporation in the United States. Those of us who ...
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One of the most enduring set of myths from U.S. history comes from the political and social developments in what is called the “Progressive Era,” a period lasting from the late 1800s ...
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No matter who is appointed to replace retiring members of the Supreme Court, the larger issues will remain unchanged, as they have been for nearly seven ...
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When Janice Rogers Brown was renominated to fill a vacancy on the D.C. Court of Appeals this year, the New York Times demanded that Democrats filibuster ...
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The system of laws and courts in the United States today hardly resembles that system that came about in the wake of the founding of this ...
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In the next few years of the George W. Bush administration, it is almost certain that there will be a number of contentious battles between Democrats ...
Last month one of us celebrated a good friends official swearing in as a U.S. citizen. After a decade-plus ordeal of wading through red tape and jumping through Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) hoops, this woman exclaimed, Thank God, ...
One of the common complaints levied against criminal justice in the United States is that criminals often are acquitted because of “legal technicalities.” For example, defendants who seem to be guilty find charges dismissed because police did not properly ...
