James Traub is the author of John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit. His next book will be The Cradle of Citizenship, on civic education.
Martin Van Buren, father of the Democrats, knew that the Founders were wrong about partisan politics.
America’s unsightly but effective Warthog jet is being heavily deployed in the Persian Gulf, decades after the service wanted to retire it.
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If Democrats made the mistake of packing the Supreme Court, birthright citizenship would be no more, along with free elections.
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The famous author and law professor argues that the president isn’t prevented from serving a third term. This former Dershowitz admirer begs to differ.
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Middle East fighting creates an opportunity for Ukraine, and its fierce military technology—but Kyiv and America’s allies must seize the moment.
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A federal judge sided with the artificial intelligence company’s argument that the government violated its right to free speech, but the dispute is far from over.
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An unheralded provision in the “big beautiful” tax act creates a beachhead for quality control in higher education that both parties have worked towards for three-quarters of a century. Will it survive?
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The president gutted public diplomacy tools like VOA’s Persian Service, then raced to repair them—kind of like alienating our allies, then begging them to help.
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