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President George W. Bush sitting at his desk in 2001.
Social Security: False Crisis, Destructive Solutions
The Senate's side of the U.S. Capitol Building.
The Framers vs. Sen. Frist
the U.S. Constitution, COM Library, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Why Getting Rid of the Filibuster Is Still a Good Idea
Legislative members are seen exhausted while listening to lengthy testimony during floor action on the articles for impeachment of judge Sam Smith.
The Poisonous Cry for Judicial Impeachment
Pope Francis smiling from inside a car as he leaves the White House in 2015.
Embracing the Pope–Selectively
Former President Jimmy Carter
Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, March 1, 1780. Pennsylvania State Archives.
The Forgotten First Step Toward Freedom
The Education of Little Tree by Forest Carter book cover.
Fake Autobiographies: A Great American Tradition
Howard Dean speaking at a rally in 2003.
How to Rise from the Political Deathbed
An array of non-lethal guns laid out on a table.
Taking a Big Bite Out of the Second Amendment
Allen Weinstein
Will They Be the National (Secret) Archives?
President George W. Bush and his wife Laura listening to a Missouri elementary student read aloud to them.
Can Bush Avoid the Curse of Re-election?
President George W. Bush sitting at his desk across from his dogs in 2005.
He’s Just a Prez Who Can’t Say No
George W. Bush at the White House in 2003.
Can Bush out-Hoover Hoover?
Pledge of Allegiance plaque
When Congress Tampers with the Court’s Independence
President George W. Bush in 2004.
Bush: Gaining on James Buchanan for Last Place
Portrait of General Winfield Scott.
When “Sensitivity” Has Opened the Road to Victory
President Gerald Ford in 1975.
The Forgotten Virtues of Gerald Ford
A woman voting in the early 20th century.
Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.
What’s a Convention For, Any More?
Protesters against the an anti-gay marriage amendment on the 2012 election ballot.
The Gay-Marriage Amendment: A Danger to the Constitution
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.
Fighting a War in Name Only
An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.
The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation
Ronald Reagan toasting at a State Dinner during his presidency.
Behind the Reagan Myths, a Mediocre Presidency