American politician from Kentucky (1777-1852)
Philip Wallach ponders recent actions of the federal government’s legislative branch. Near the outset of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland,…
Those who want to get rid of the Electoral College might reconsider their views after scanning Richard Brookhiser’s recent history lesson on the topic in American History magazine. Is the…
Dan McLaughlin of National Review Online considers a new Trump-related controversy in context. The Trump campaign is under fire in some quarters for violating the Hatch Act during the Republican…
Jay Cost of National Review Online focuses on Congress’ key role in the American system of government. There is a tendency to blame legislative cowardice for the now expansive executive.…
Philip Wegmann of the Washington Examiner offers a history lesson for those who decry today’s political incivility. Obama and Clinton certainly weren’t sinless when they squared off during the 2008…
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s devotes an editorial commentary to an intriguing prospect involving an uncertain outcome for the 2016 presidential race. [Former New York Mayor Michael] Bloomberg may have an…
Jay Cost of the Weekly Standard digs through the history books to document scandals comparable to the current controversy involving Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a scandalous…
History professor Jeffrey Rogers Hummel has a fascinating article on the lessons from 19th century America, when many states had to default because they had borrowed enormously for foolish “internal…
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Everett Dirksen, Hubert Humphrey….Al Franken. Something is terribly wrong with this picture.
George Will takes on one of his favorite whipping boys, Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc) here. Feingold, along with his partner in crime, Sen. John McCain, is not satisfied with eviscerating…