Richard Tucker writes about American political thought as senior writer in The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics.
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In November, American will have a chance to elect a new Congress. But if some lawmakers have their way, we’d better be quiet about our… Read More
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The Washington Monument reopened recently, almost three years after an earthquake damaged it. (A freestanding stone structure is a poor design for handling quakes.) So… Read More
Lawmakers face a looming challenge this summer, as the Highway Trust Fund, the federal mechanism that funds surface transportation projects, is anticipated to run short… Read More
When you go to New York City, you probably don’t want to look like a tourist. But you almost can’t help looking up, up, up…. Read More
At the beginning of the movie Lincoln, the president is focused on amending the Constitution to bar slavery. That seems unnecessary to some. After all,… Read More
Discrimination based on race is in the air—literally. The Washington Post reports that researchers have “found that minorities are on average exposed to 38 percent… Read More
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These days if you wanted to visit the center of financial power, you’d go to Wall Street. But before there was a stock exchange, New… Read More
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Every senator, it is said, looks in the mirror and sees a president. But many of those senators are acting as if they work for… Read More
Americans have always enjoyed the privilege of living abroad without losing citizenship. Think Hemingway and Fitzgerald decamping to write in Europe after World War I,… Read More
In medical care, you have to get the diagnosis correct. But if you want to solve the problem, you’ve also got to get the treatment… Read More
