The “To the Republic” series has primarily addressed the original Constitution rather than the subsequent amendments. However, there has been much discussion of the suddenly popular 25th Amendment during the Trump administration, particularly since last week’s riot at the Capitol.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day won’t be the same next week, neither will Inauguration Day two days later on Jan. 20.
The purpose of intelligence is to detect threats "left of boom" so they can be preempted before they are visited on our shores.
What a powerful reminder that God loves us so much that he gave his one and only Son to the world. This is the most important gift we celebrate each Christmas
About 10.8 million U.S. workers and retirees participate in one of nearly 1,400 multiemployer or private-sector union pension plans. The majority of those plans are in serious trouble.
That four Arab states in four months normalized relations with Israel is a remarkable development that opens the possibility that the Arab states' war with Israel, which began in 1948, is winding down.
Of all the great and small events of 1991, the death of CBS News' "60 Minutes" co-host Harry Reasoner probably rates near the bottom in the amount of attention afforded it by the public.
The Magnitsky Act, adopted in 2012 to tackle Russian corruption and expanded in 2016 to cover serious human rights abuses globally, is an extremely powerful tool to hold perpetrators accountable.
Five months ago, many progressives were calling for defunding the police, and some local governments -- including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Kansas City and Portland -- did so, to some extent.
About 80,000 Americans live with hypoparathyroidism. And right now, they're suffering even more than usual.
I've loved spy thrillers since I was a teenager, and I've always loved short stories, so I was pleased that Otto Penzler has edited "The Big Book of Espionage Stories."
What if Christmas is a core belief in a personal God who lived among us and many times offered a freely given promise of eternal salvation that no believer should reject or apologize for?
After Nov. 3, the meaning of some words and concepts abruptly changed. Have you noticed how new realities have replaced old ones?
In 1816, near the starving and ruined city of Salzburg, Father Joseph Mohr suffered through the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. In that suffering, he wrote a poem about the nativity of Christ.
Before republics fall -- from ancient Rome to modern America -- their legislatures show signs of dysfunction. They avoid tackling the tough challenges facing their societies, defer to other branches of government, and fail in their basic obligation to represent the popular will.
There are some people who don't want you to have a Merry Christmas. They tell you it's because they want you to stay "safe" from COVID-19. These people are bureaucrats and politicians.
This article is a slightly edited version of a column that first ran Dec. 30, 2013. Every year around Christmas, I think about George W. Bush.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is trying to impose Critical Race Theory and its racist bias, stereotyping and discriminatory views on the federal courts, one "diversity training" session at a time.
It's the American people that make our nation successful, not the person sitting in the White House.
President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of Defense, a civilian post, once again raises the myth of civilian control of the military which should have been discarded decades ago.
"Build Back Better" was Joe Biden's campaign slogan. How different is that, really, from "Make America Great Again"? Both BBB and MAGA suggest the need for restoration, for reversing deterioration and decline, for fixing what's broken.
Military principles of war are actually relevant in politics. Unfortunately, the Republicans are violating three of them as they go into the crucial Georgia run-off.
