Historic Irony
In Federalist 62, James Madison argued for the Constitution by making a compelling case for wise and stable government: Every nation whose…
Chambers’ Enduring WITNESS
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Communist-turned-Christian Whittaker Chambers’ magisterial best-seller Witness was the most important book of the…
On Flag Day
The Star-Spangled Banner Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last…
Spirit of ’76
In 1976, Ronald Reagan ran as the conservative alternative to Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination. Governor Reagan lost by only 70…
New-Coke Politics
Coca-Cola in 1985 launched the most spectacular marketing disaster of all time: New Coke. This flop of a pop was stagnant Coke’s…
Constitutional Limits
The U.S. Constitution restricts what the federal government may spend money on by specifically enumerating its powers: The Congress shall have Power…
Necessary and Proper?
Defending the Constitution’s much-feared necessary and proper clause in Federalist 33, Alexander Hamilton, a proponent of a strong central government, argued: What…