With the news that Paul Ryan is retiring, James K. Polk, the only president to have previously served as Speaker of the House, has been on my mind. Researching this one was a lot of fun, and I thank both[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A popular message of panic from the Democrats is that there’s nothing that can be done about Donald Trump because Mike Pence is even worse. The logic of this is that somehow Pence doesn’t already have power in this administration[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
John Quincy Adams, among his many talents, was also a prolific writer and poet. In honor of today’s total solar eclipse, I give you his sonnet, “To the Sun, Eclipsed” which was written in his diary immediately after a successful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What do YOU know about the Magnitsky Act, fellow ordinary American?
