Civil War Affected by Terrain
The outcome of the Civil War was influenced by many factors on both sides, including population, finances, the availability of weaponry, naval power and military leadership. But in a recent study published by the Geological Society of America, a North Carolina...
Here’s Why Trump Tap Dances on Taxes
Donald Trump has reason to be reluctant to release his tax returns. In a New York Times piece about Ben Rhodes, President Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Rhodes cynically explains that today’s journalism consists of young people whom he flat-out...
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LOUISIANA: City Pulls Bid for Confederate Monument Removal Contract NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration has scrapped its request for bids on a contract to remove Confederate monuments from the city, citing a court order. The bids were...
A Movie For Clintonites
Washington — A couple of weeks ago I heard the National Symphony Orchestra perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s symphony commemorating war and revolution, his Symphony No. 11. There was not much lyricism to it, not even a dulcet tune one could whistle while leaving the...Obiter Dicta
One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress’s constitutional authority over war. Read More
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