Treat life as a working draft

It used to be so simple to proclaim love for your country. Now it takes some work.

Checks and Balances: I provide the checks.

A conversation with Peter Bergen about twenty-five years of war, the powers presidents claimed, and what it cost.

Starting Sep 28 at 11:00 AM EDT

Starting Sep 28 at 11:00 AM EDT

Starting Sep 22 at 8:00 PM EDT

Part II: The Beard Goes 3–2

Part II: The Beard Goes 3–2

Part I: Presidential trivia is neither presidential history nor political law; it is precedent stripped of context and promoted to prophecy.

Today’s post is a brief departure from my usual beat as I process the discovery that I am not, in fact, full Lizzie. No presidents were harmed—or even mentioned—in this account.

Apparently Alexis Coe is as struck by it as I am. She has a poll up on whether it’s a beard or not. I say not. I say it defies ordinary categories. But, she reminded me of a story that I most…

Apparently Alexis Coe is as struck by it as I am. She has a poll up on whether it’s a beard or not. I say not. I say it defies ordinary categories. But, she reminded me of a story that I most…

Horace Greeley Loses the Popular Vote (Again)

YouTube video by Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.

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Four authors grapple with the fight over American identity, from the colonial era to the modern day.

Presidential adultery has precedent. Vertical integration does not.

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Welcome to the Federal Historic Facial-Hair Zoning Board.

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OTD in 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, 63, died days after finishing his memoirs.

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John Hancock signed big.