Editor’s note: This essay was first published on the author’s blog: Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks. ‘This body and this nation has [sic] a territories and a colonies problem.’ Those words from Del. Stacey Plaskett echoed in the House chamber this week as the delegate interrupted the election of the House speaker […]Read More

Editor’s note: This essay was first published on the author’s blog: Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks. ‘This body and this nation has [sic] a territories and a colonies problem.’ Those words from Del. Stacey Plaskett echoed in the House chamber this week as the delegate interrupted the election of the House speaker […]Read More

Nearly every tribute to Jimmy Carter is necessarily encumbered with caveats about Carter, the president. While it is true that the ‘Reagan revolution’ provided America with needed jolts of patriotic and economic strength, Carter, our 39th president, consistently exhibited traits that public figures of our own times would do well to model.   Much about the […]Read More

Nearly every tribute to Jimmy Carter is necessarily encumbered with caveats about Carter, the president. While it is true that the ‘Reagan revolution’ provided America with needed jolts of patriotic and economic strength, Carter, our 39th president, consistently exhibited traits that public figures of our own times would do well to model.   Much about the […]Read More

President-elect Trump is playing host to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, suggesting he plans to develop a warmer relationship with one of his closest ideological allies in Europe. Trump praised Meloni, 47, for having ‘taken Europe by storm’ during a dinner Saturday night. Meloni was elected in 2022 after running on […]Read More

President-elect Trump appeared Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump appeared at a screening of a documentary detailing challenges some conservative lawyers say they face in the legal system. He entered the grand ballroom around 7 p.m. and returned about two hours later after eating dinner. ‘This is […]Read More

President-elect Trump appeared Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump appeared at a screening of a documentary detailing challenges some conservative lawyers say they face in the legal system. He entered the grand ballroom around 7 p.m. and returned about two hours later after eating dinner. ‘This is […]Read More

President-elect Trump announced his latest staff picks on Saturday night, naming four additional people to serve in the White House in administrative and advisory capacities. Trump, who takes office in less than three weeks, began by naming Stanley E. Woodward, Jr., to serve as an assistant to the president and a senior counselor. Woodward co-founded […]Read More

President-elect Trump announced his latest staff picks on Saturday night, naming four additional people to serve in the White House in administrative and advisory capacities. Trump, who takes office in less than three weeks, began by naming Stanley E. Woodward, Jr., to serve as an assistant to the president and a senior counselor. Woodward co-founded […]Read More

Since winning the election last week, President-elect Donald Trump has begun evaluating and rolling out his picks for his Cabinet and other top roles.  Here’s a roundup of whom Trump has picked to fill top jobs in his administration:  Publicly announced White House Chief of Staff – Susie WilesU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations – […]Read More