Nov 23, 2024
The 1st Amendment recognizes our God-given right to free speech without government restriction. But what is a college student to do when it’s their own college suppressing their free speech? What is that student to do when that suppression directly leads to hate speech and violent threats from their fellow students...
Nov 14, 2024
Picture this: You are a young child growing up in a suburb of Boston. You happen to a big fan of the musical “Hamilton” and through an educational TV show, you learn that the park where you regularly ride your bike and your neighborhood is portrayed in the musical you love! This is exactly what happened with this...
Nov 9, 2024
The electoral college is one of the most important characteristics of our republic, but it is also perhaps the most misunderstood. Every time we vote for President the merit of the electoral college is debated. But what is it? Why was it created? How does it protect small states, and preserve state identity? Should...
Nov 2, 2024
It’s 1787 and you are a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. You represent a midsize state and arriving 3 days late, you encounter James Madison’s Virginia Plan to allocate representation among the states proportionally. You realize how this would be a detriment to smaller states who are needed to ratify the...
Oct 25, 2024
He was an actor, governor and our 40th president. Today, we are discussing the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Though now a modern icon of conservatives, Reagan’s political leanings were originally democrat as a supporter of FDR and Truman. During his presidential term, through what lens did Reagan approach the...