My week started off with a measure of excitement for me. I was able to meet (in a virtual sort of way) an author whose works I’ve long...

Someone (I conducted a brief online search to discover who, but I found no definitive answer) once said, “When God closes a door, He...

To fully appreciate what I’m saying, one must understand the backstory, realizing the change that took place in DMV over the years....

Whew! It’s finally over. We’ve survived yet another election cycle with all the now-all-too-familiar and ubiquitous yard signs, robo...

At the heart of the study is the U.S. citizenship test of basic facts about our nation’s history. Among the findings of the study are...

On this date in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved a secret project that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people...

Here are some of his one-liners that are among my personal favorites. They are as true today as they were when he quipped them. “The...

BBC’s Nik Gowing hosts a live “Special World Debate” with panelists Economic Historian Niall Ferguson, French Finance Minister Christine...

I don’t think I’ve missed an election–primary, general, or run-off–since I’ve been voting. My first ballot I cast in a presidential...

At noon today, Donald Trump will be sworn in as our nation’s 45th president. Afterward, following the precedent set by our first...

Having lived during my professional life in four different states, I’ve been called for jury duty in three of the four, and each state’s...

Of the eleven Confederate states, which two were never represented in the executive branch? Which cabinet member was born in Germany,...

April 8, 1913, marks the anniversary of the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution. That’s the amendment that took...