The Constitution and the Soldier
Every member of the US Armed Forces takes an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. But as the Annenberg survey (Annenberg 2024, Annenberg 2023 ) reports, many Americans have…
The I in DIE: Death of Meritocracy
Consider a scene from a coaches conference two weeks before the college national football championship game. Coach: You know our starters got us here, but it’s not fair they’ve played every game and we haven’t played many players in…
Real Reform, Part 1 Introduction
In A New Contract With America, I included a bullet point about qualifications for congressional committee and subcommittee chairs: “Enact congressional policies to require minimum qualifications for committee and subcommittee chairperson positions. These qualifications will be like qualifications required…
