Observations: National Security Policy
A week or so ago, the Trump administration issued a new statement about National Security policy, but it wasn't a routine bureaucratic announcement.
Observations
Observations: The Humanities
These thinkers – and their works – provided a window into the fundamental questions of human life.
Observations: scandal and corruption
We have long prided ourselves on living under a government of laws. Now, we can only ask what has gone wrong.
Observations: political protest
Political protest has a long and storied history in the United States.
Observations: Immigration
The first restrictions on immigration came in 1882, with the Chinese Exclusion Act, which targeted Chinese laborers, and kept them from entering the United States.
Observations: Tariffs
Tariffs are nothing new in American history... then came President Donald Trump.
Observations: The Fed
The Fed used to be isolated from insidious political interference... until now.