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Borking Started Before Bork

by Justin P. Coffey

The borking of nominees to the Supreme Court began when Nixon tried to put Clement Haynsworth on the Supreme Court.

Trump V. Kennedy

by Walter G. Moss

Their different vision of the role of the arts and humanities.

Donald Trump Is Really Like Andrew Jackson in this One Way

by Richard J. Morris

Both men won the presidency in part through racist rhetoric and actions.

What the GOP Anti-Immigration Crowd Doesn’t Know

by Jason H. Silverman

The party’s first president – Abraham Lincoln – endorsed the first and only major law in American history to encourage immigration.

Racist Jurors Watch Out!

by Jeffrey Abramson

The Supreme Court has decided that your decisions can be thrown out.

Rep. Steve King's Shameful Tweet Has a Long Shameful History

by Jeanne Petit

Does he know it?

Did Donald Trump Win Because He Had a Better Slogan?

by Donne Levy

Probably not. But what history shows is that presidential slogans are snapshots capturing the desires, aspirations, and sometimes fears of the American people.

The Trump Administration’s Problem with Watergate

by Michael Koncewicz

They have room on the walls for a letter signed by Nixon but not for a GOP cabinet secretary who helped bring Nixon down.

“Trumpcare” – A Word Democrats Can Learn to Love

by Robert Brent Toplin

Personalizing policies is a proven way to discredit them.

Obama Hasn’t Spoken Out Against Trump Yet. But Will He?

by Ronald L. Feinman

If he does, he’ll have plenty of precedents to cite.

The Scary Parallels Between Trump and Mussolini

by Mark Bickhard

And between Fascism and Trumpism.

The Disturbing Factor that Shapes Our Attitudes About the Electoral College, Primaries and Direct Democracy

by Geoffrey Cowan

What we think often depends on our self interest, not on a broader view of the best process.

More than 2,000 Years Ago Sophocles Wrote About a Leader Who Contravenes Civil Norms

by Robert Garland

It didn’t end well.

What Would the Founding Fathers Make of Originalism? Not much.

by Andrew Shankman

The stable original intent we can most likely take from them is that we all must be keenly alive to our duty to be thoughtful, compassionate citizens.

Can Our Social Institutions Catch Up With Advances in Science and Technology?

by Lawrence Wittner

We can fly to the moon, but still can’t get along.

So Far Only the Media Have Been Doing Their Job. Now It’s Congress’s Turn.

by Ray Smock

What is at stake is proving that the Trump Administration is trustworthy and honest.

Women Vote for Women?

by Sandra Weber

It’s a stale myth and it stinks.

America Was Made Great by People Who Did the Work Americans Wouldn’t

by Hasia Diner

“Greenhorns like us were the only ones they could get.” – John Nordstrom, founder of the Nordstrom empire.

Does It Matter Who the Secretary of Labor Is?

by T.R.C. Hutton

Most of the people who have filled the position, whatever their intentions, have been largely ineffectual with the exception of Frances Perkins, who served the longest, during the New Deal.

Where Are All Those Women Trump Said He Loved?

by Kathryn Smith

They’re not in his cabinet.