“President George Washington, in his celebrated 1796 Farewell Address, cautioned that American democracy was fragile. ‘Cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of ...

My dad, who passed away in 1975, was a U.S. Navy veteran who served on the USS Wisconsin in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was 19 years old when he went to war. Later in his life, while I ...

When I was a child, Christmas was a magical time to pick out a special something for my sisters and parents to show how much they meant to me. Today the same applies for family and friends who are the ...

As I was growing up, a tradition in our family was for my parents to give us ornaments each year from places they had traveled. My husband and I continued the tradition with our children … so we have ...

“I no longer feel confident predicting political events here. Economic policy? I feel good about using bandwidth.” – Yours truly, literally less than a week ago. “Just when I thought I was out, they ...

It has been a hard year to be a historian. I am a PhD student in American history at George Mason University, and one of my concentrations is American Women’s History. It can be a hard history to ...

You can’t say that you want to kick the brown people off the voter rolls; you have to talk about voter integrity, protecting the ballot box, safeguarding our elections. All these things you’re talking ...

Tenet Media, the Tennessee-based home of several far right, Trumpist social media “influencers,” has been a recipient of Russian funding totaling nearly $10 million (Tennessean). An indictment ...

Since the end of last week’s Democratic Convention, there have been mumblings that Vice President Kamala Harris needed, 1) to get her polices in place, and 2) have an interview with the press. My ...

Vice President Kamala Harris – the current Democratic nominee for president – announced her selection for running mate/successor today: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The deep-dive on Walz’s tenure as ...

This was from my endorsement of President Biden’s re-election just under four months ago: There will be, at most, six candidates on the presidential ballot here in Virginia (or anywhere else): ...

“That is stupid idea 101.” – James Carafano, Heritage Foundation (yes, that Heritage Foundation) on the notion of splitting the Putin and Xi axis. It will surprise no one to know that Carafano and I ...