A few years ago, the Smithsonian museum put up a new display with Archie Bunker’s overstuffed armchair, from the famous…
Back in 1906, Hilaire Belloc ran for election for the British Parliament. As a Roman Catholic in a strongly Protestant…
Is America a democracy? Of course–most people would say, Of course. But in the Pledge of Allegiance we recite a…
On the fourth of July, the New York Times ran a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence. Readers could marvel…
Congress recently shot down a constitutional amendment that would have required the federal government to balance its budget. In essence…
“Things would really be different if we could just get more Christians elected to office.” I can’t tell you how…
America is in the middle of its quadrennial ritual: the presidential campaign. The democratic experiment at its best (and its…
Political pundits are talking a lot this election year about a gender gap–a difference in political opinions between men and…
It’s election time–and that means we can pretty much forget about any real issues being debated in Congress. With a…
In the federal government, HHS used to mean the Department of Health and Human Services. But employees of the department…
