Augustus’ rule stands as one of history’s greatest paradoxes: a revolution executed in the language of restoration....
Whether the American experiment survives this chapter will depend on who the nation decides to be: spectators...
From Washington’s modest oath to the twenty-first-century “imperial presidency,” the trajectory of American executive power traces the...
History offers no shortage of warnings about how democracies decay: not through sudden coups, but through the...
By the time John Marshall left the bench in 1835, the nation he had helped to shape...
The struggle against authoritarianism is not confined to rallies, hashtags, or elections. It is also waged quietly...
The Velvet Revolution endures as one of modern history’s clearest demonstrations that legitimacy, not violence, anchors political...
Every generation of Americans inherits the same unfinished task, to decide whether liberty is a living principle...
The world of gambling has captivated humanity for millennia, evolving from ancient dice games played in dusty...
History’s cruel symmetry exposes the enduring paradox of faith and power: that those who kill in the...
The ceasefire may indeed hold, and if it does, lives will be spared. But the cost of...
Culturally and intellectually, Gaza stands as one of the more compelling examples of provincial vitality within the...
As the dust settles, one truth becomes unavoidable. No people can live forever under siege, and no...
When someone is sick, thinking about who has the power to make decisions on their behalf is...
The tyrant’s descent from ruler to exile followed a logic as ancient as power itself. In seeking...
If the founders feared the standing army, it was because they understood its symbolic power: the quiet...
Ultimately, the history of the kangaroo court is not simply about the failure of law on the...
The Trump administration’s use of the Department of Justice as a political cudgel is no longer theoretical;...
The same nation that welcomed millions also imposed racial hierarchies and exclusionary laws that defined who could...
The notion that Democrats are forcing a shutdown to give “free healthcare to illegal immigrants” is not...
By the late 1930s, the United States had completed its transformation from a nation of migration to...
In legal terms, the outcome of ongoing court challenges will determine whether ICE’s mask policy endures or...
You know the feeling.You buckle in. The engine hums. The world starts moving… and your stomach starts...
A weekend doesn’t always have to mean sitting in front of the TV or catching a game....
He entered office promising to restore the voice of the people, and in many respects he succeeded....
If governance is no longer a calling but a casualty of politics, then the republic will not...
Across more than two centuries of American history, the struggle over the power of the purse has...
The framers of the Constitution placed the purse in the people’s hands for a reason. They had...
A few years ago, cryptocurrency was fighting to gain any sort of mainstream acceptance and adoption. Those...
From the othering of the historical figure and the ongoing mystical aura of Eastern Europe, there was...