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How Old Is Too Old? Examining the Age of U.S. Presidents
Generally speaking, it is not polite to ask someone else how old they are unless they’re clearly under the age of 18 or you’re ID’ing them for the double shot…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
Elections & Public Integrity
The Age Question and U.S. Presidents
Tevi Troy explores the history of American presidents facing questions about their advanced age. President Biden’s strange and somewhat disconnected performance in the wake of the disaster in Afghanistan has…
Liberty
New State Department arrangement has dubious historical precedent
Tevi Troy finds a historical counterpart for one aspect of the upcoming Biden administration. In filling out his administration, Joe Biden has put not just one but two high-profile, high-powered…
Liberty
The presidents and Yogi
Tevi Troy writes about one famous baseball player’s interactions with every man to occupy the White House since World War II. Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra died five years ago on…
Education
Martin Center column highlights decline in academic research
Edward Archer writes for the Martin Center about an “intellectual and moral decline” in academic research. For most of the past century, the United States was the pre-eminent nation in…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
An economic statistic that’s bound to help Trump
Matt Margolis highlights at PJMedia.com an economic fact that’s likely to work in President Trump’s favor during this re-election year. It doesn’t seem all that long ago the media and…
Liberty
Underestimated Ike gets his due
Tevi Troy writes for the Weekly Standard about new recognition of President Dwight Eisenhower’s underappreciated accomplishments. Dwight Eisenhower appears to be having a moment. A popular president who was nevertheless…
Law & Public Safety
Ditching a special interest in the judicial confirmation process
Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller reports on a major potential change in the federal judicial confirmation process. The White House may soon advise President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees not…
Liberty
History can help
Jay Cost urges National Review Online readers to push for a greater grasp of American political history. Politicians of both parties engage in such stark rhetoric all the time. They…
Liberty
War between Trump and top intelligence officials is bad news for Americans
Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist website ponders the feud between President-elect Donald Trump and leaders of the nation’s intelligence agencies. Dwight Eisenhower warned that if we didn’t stay vigilant, the…
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A warning for GOP leaders in D.C.
Fred Bauer writes at National Review Online that Republicans who will soon hold both the White House and both branches of Congress should consider recent political history. In 2009, Democrats…
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Barron’s editorial page editor looks ahead to a Trump presidency
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s ponders potential changes a real outsider could make as the next U.S. president. Trump is a rich guy, but his political virtue is that he’s low…