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...
Oct 18, 2024
Today, we are discussing our country’s 34th President, Dwight Eisenhower. A Texan by birth but raised in Kansas, Eisenhower graduated from West Point and during World War II served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and was promoted to 5-star General of the US Army. Twice elected...
Oct 11, 2024
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the 32nd US President and was our longest serving president, having run for and won four elections to the presidency. FDR was President during two tumultuous events in US history, the Great Depression and the outbreak of World War II. Pulling a page from the Woodrow Wilson...