The States and the Presidency - “It is (my) intention to … demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people. All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal Government.” — President Ronald Reagan, […]
Watch as Experts Preserve a 249-Year-Old Gunboat That Sank During the American Revolution - Badly damaged during the Battle of Valcour Island, the “Philadelphia” is now the focus of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History In October 1776, a small American fleet clashed with British warships on Lake Champlain during the Battle of Valcour Island. One of the American ships, the Philadelphia, was badly damaged in […]
I’m With Newsom - I don’t always say that. Sometimes the California governor and would-be 2028 contender drives me slightly crazy with his transparent stunts to get attention. But this is not a stunt. The redistricting bill that the California legislature passed and Newsom signed aims to counter what Texas is doing with its mid-census redistricting plans. They’re drawing […]
News From Around the South, 8/18 to 8/25 - NORTH CAROLINA: $85M Civil War History Museum Breaks Ground in Fayetteville, NC Balfour Beatty and Varnedoe Construction recently broke ground on the final phase of The North Carolina Center on Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction in Fayetteville, N.C. The $85-million, 60,000-sq-ft facility is scheduled to complete in spring 2028. Set in Fayetteville’s Arsenal Park, the […]
Public Safety and the Presidency - President Donald Trump argued last week that as a result of the federal enhancement of police work in Washington, D.C., the city has gone in four days from being the most dangerous in America to being the safest. He cited no evidence but relied apparently on his own observations and anecdotal references from friends. He […]
