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78Presidents and Prime Ministers: A Comparison
What is the difference between a president and a prime minister? This article is devoted to helping you better understand the difference.
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83Binding the Prince: What's the Purpose of a Constitution?
What is the purpose of a Constitution? It's main purpose is to constrain the powers of government; in a phrase, to bind the prince. This article analyzes how the Constitution limits the power of government.
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81USS Sequoia: the Presidential Yacht
The Trumpy yacht USS Sequoia was the most famous of all the presidential yachts. She was used by presidents Hoover through Ford. In this article, I review how the presidents used her and what eventually happened to her.
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56A Theory of Legislation: A Christian Perspective
A prominent question in political theory has been to ask, “Who should rule in society”? Who should make the rules that govern us all? Who should legislate? For Plato, it was the philosopher; for Erasmus, the virtuous; for Machiavelli, the...
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81Yes—America is a Christian Nation
In 2007 Candidate Barack Obama said that America was not a Christian nation. However, there is much evidence to contradict that view. In this article I provide several evidences that point to America's Christian foundation.
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85Where Do Our Human Rights Come From?
Do our rights come from the Constitution? The Constitution with its Bill of Rights mentions many freedoms like the First Amendment freedoms (religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition) as well as other freedoms that are stated in the form of protections (like no cruel and unusual punishment). But it’s one thing to say that the Constitution mentions such rights; it’s quite another to say that the Constitution is the source of those rights. So, do we get our rights from the Constitution? The
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75The New Obama Oval Office: Makeover and Decor in the White House
On August 31, 2010, the White House revealed that the Presidential Oval Office got a "not-so-extreme makeover" while the President was vacationing at Martha’s Vineyard. This article highlights some of those changes.
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79Pardon Me: The Presidential Pardon Then and Now
Introduction On September 8, 1974 President Gerald R. Ford made one of the most controversial decisions ever made by an American president: he pardoned former President Richard M. Nixon for his part in the White House scandal called Watergate....
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72The Articles of Confederation: A "League of Friendship"
The Articles of Confederation was adopted as America's first national government in 1781 and continued as the national government for the United States until 1789. Although it enjoyed some successes, it was abandoned by the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 in pursuit of a new constitution.
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83The American Identity
Identity theft. It’s a real problem. One estimate is that one in twenty Americans will be victims of identity theft in 2010. But, people are not the only ones that are the victims of identity theft. It...
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