After Sunday’s referendum, the government of Catalonia says it may declare independence from Spain as early as Monday. However, it’s likely to be a completely meaningless act.
Catalonia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Spain, but it’s not at all clear that the vote will amount to anything.
Catalonia’s independence referendum is one day away, and nobody seems to know what to expect.
We mourn Charlottesville because Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States, made clear in no uncertain terms that in his mind there was little distinction between those in Charlottesville who pursued the un-American “values” of soil, blood, and racial dominance and those who pursued the ideals of the American Constitution.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear its first case on partisan gerrymandering in more than ten years, but opponents of the practice shouldn’t start celebrating just yet.
The Senate has passed an amendment to a military spending bill that would require women to register for the draft.
As Ben Carson rises in the polls, it’s worth noting his many examples of having what can only be called a very odd relationship with truth and the basic facts of history.
With notable exceptions, most of the Republican candidates for President are refusing to take a stand on the propriety of South Carolina flying the Confederate Flag. That’s called cowardice.
Vice-President Cheney’s amoral defense of torture has come to define how most conservatives view the issue, and that’s a problem.
Rush Limbaugh is still really, really angry about subsidized birth control. And lots of other stuff.
Could a transcription error be changing our understanding of America’s founding document?
The “Founders” founded a government and the “Framers” were framing the basic structure thereof. This should be obvious.
Only a tiny percentage of those in American prisons ever got a trial.
Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?
Contemporary Americans accept actions by the state that were once the cause for revolt.
Yesterday’s coup in Egypt, a day before we celebrate our own independence, reminds us of something else worth celebrating.
Rather than asking whether it was “worth it,” the important historical question regarding the Civil War is whether it could have been avoided.
Vilifying Thomas Jefferson is as much as mistake as placing him on a pedestal.
The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.
Victor Davis Hanson thinks President Obama plans to win the back the White House by alienating the white man.