If federal authorities fail to stem illegal immigration, may the states do so?

Recently historians from many nations commemorated the birth 150 years ago of one of the most remarkable political figures in modern times.

Since presidential pardons are very much in the news right now we thought it would be a good idea to provide the public with a primer on the power and its limitations.

Not long before his own death, President Ford called his good friend President Carter and asked if he would deliver a eulogy at Ford’s funeral. Carter agreed so long as Ford returned the favor.

The bachannalian and overcommercialized celebration of the New Year with the attendant resolutions to make ourselves better people in the coming year stands somewhere between comedy and farce.

Far be it from me or anyone else during these twelve days of Christmas to put the kibosh on conviviality.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! These two words conjure up all of the good feelings that mankind has ever held for itself and its creator: reverence, tenderness, humility, generosity, tolerance--love.

1. Q: Ford was the only US President born in what US city, and what name appeared on his birth certificate?

I’ve been teaching Introduction to American Government this past semester in the state prison in Muskegon.

As an ex-academic I like to keep my finger on the pulse of what goes on in higher learning in America

In his book, The World Beyond Your Head, Matthew Crawford writes that “attention is the one thing that is most one’s own...we choose what to pay attention to, and in a very real sense this determines what is real for us; what is actually present to our consciousness.”

It is difficult to think of two world leaders who present a starker contrast than the 38^th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, and the current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. 

As we commemorate the 50^th anniversary of Gerald Ford’s inauguration, we are invited to reflect upon his legacy.

Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz engaged in a notably cordial and substantive debate, demonstrating a level of policy discussion that many observers, including myself, did not anticipate.

1. How secure is mail-in balloting?

Absentee voting by mail is secure.

In an interview that had him reflecting back over his life and political career, Gerald Ford was once asked to name his greatest regret.

Presidential transitions have taken place since Washington passed the baton to Adams. Many of these transitions were smooth and straightforward, but more than a few were far from stress-free.

Americans are like members of a quarrelsome family, so intent on arguing their petty grievances around the kitchen table that they don’t smell the rising smoke from the oven.

Election season in the United States. For even the most politically-involved Americans, the time between January and November every four years is filled with heightened cortisol levels…

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13 is a stark reminder that the specter of political violence casts a long shadow over our democratic ideals.