Jacob OglesAugust 17, 2022
7min0
Because that's what the organization's website says.
Tag: James Madison
Jacob OglesAugust 17, 2022
A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2022
4min0
Power is 'splintered' among Cabinet members.
Guest AuthorMarch 1, 2021
6min966
Lexington and Concord? Protest, violent protest. Yet, without them, we might still be a jewel in the British Empire.
Associated PressDecember 14, 2020
7min709
Electors meeting to formally choose Joe Biden as next president
Darryl PaulsonJune 15, 2017
7min172
In my recent op-ed, I examined the possibility of removing President Donald Trump through the 25th Amendment. That amendment allows for the president to be removed if the vice president and a majority of the cabinet find the president “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” This option is highly unlikely to […]
William PatrickMarch 16, 2017
8min388
It’s Sunshine Week in the Sunshine State, and not just because it’s Spring Break. Since 2005, open government and freedom of information advocates have designated March 13-19 as a time to celebrate public transparency and raise awareness about the critical importance of access to government records. Sunshine Week is timed to coincide with the birthday […]
Darryl PaulsonNovember 22, 2016
8min184
Going into the 2016 presidential election, virtually all political pundits and pollsters projected an easy victory for Hillary Clinton. Several of the most respected pollsters gave Clinton an 85 percent chance of defeating Donald Trump. Highly respected presidential scholar Larry Sabato projected that Clinton would win 347 electoral votes to Trump’s 191. As we now […]
Mark FerruloJune 8, 2016
6min334
Before the ink on newspaper headlines had even dried about the Feb. 13 passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that the Senate should not consider any U.S. Supreme Court nominee until 2017, after a new President is sworn in. Since then, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has joined McConnell in […]
Darryl PaulsonMay 8, 20167min344
(Second of three parts) The drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution did not trust unfettered democracy. The Founders wanted self-government, but they wanted a government where minorities would be heard and protected from the excesses of the majority. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, described simple democracy as “one […]
Guest AuthorMay 4, 20167min229
Have you ever watched a Fox News Watters World segment where the host randomly asks simple questions of passersby and gets inaccurate and inane answers? It is similar in format to the old Jay Walking segments that Jay Leno used to do with similar results. At first I wondered just how many people had to […]