February 8, 2017
Contempt for the Rules of the Senate Leads to Contempt of the Senate
A radical Republican, Charles Sumner was a fierce and outspoken critic of what Kenneth Stampp called the peculiar institution, better known to us as slavery. In 1856, he delivered a powerful rebuke of his fellow Senator, Andrew Butler, in a...
February 8, 2017
Honesty Is the Best Policy, But Not Always Expedient
Honesty Is the Best Policy, But Not Always Expedient There’s a difference between telling a lie and getting your facts wrong. Telling a lie is pretty common in politics. The American people have grown accustomed to it and they build...
February 7, 2017
Dem resistance is futile
(Also in The Hill) George Santayana was an immigrant. Born in Spain in 1863, he moved to Boston in 1869 with his mother and siblings. He would eventually attend Harvard College, and then become a professor of philosophy there where...
February 6, 2017
The DNC is the Minorities’ Party
(Also on Political Storm) The minority party is the minority party because it caters first to its minority factions instead of the national interest. This theory holds true for the Democrats, but it also held true for the Republicans during the...
February 1, 2017
Catholic Schools and the Power of Choice
It’s Catholic Schools week. In parish schools throughout the country, Catholic Schools are celebrating their very existence, which for those who don’t know the history, is pretty miraculous. The oldest Catholic school in the United States is the Ursuline Academy,...
January 31, 2017
Whose American dream is it?
Also published in The Hill Currently, the new Trump administration is answering that question too narrowly. According to the dictionary definition, a myth is “a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural...