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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Globe-trotting journalist Fareed Zakaria is on suspension from his posts at CNN and TIME magazine after he admitted to plagiarizing sections of a column on… Read More
This weekend, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team is widely favored to capture a gold medal. Favored to, but not guaranteed to. The Americans struggled… Read More
Woodrow Wilson came to Washington in 1913, and he never left. He’s the only President buried in D.C. He became the first President since John… Read More
America was supposed to be the land of self-government. Citizens were to govern themselves politically and morally. But such an independent citizen is proving to… Read More
“I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it’s possible,” economist Milton Friedman once said…. Read More
It’s ironic that the front page of The Washington Post recently featured an obituary of long-time columnist William Raspberry on the same day it included… Read More
The state capital of Nebraska is named for Abraham Lincoln. Oddly, students may have to look outside the state’s school system if they hope to… Read More
Many campaign slogans and speeches read more like museum pieces than modern calls to action. But Ronald Reagan’s 1980 acceptance speech to the Republican National… Read More
The deeper meaning and implications of the Obamacare case for the Supreme Court’s reputation and constitutional law will be debated for years to come. In… Read More
For all our policy differences, there are a few economic ideas that liberals and conservatives can usually agree on. For example, we all tend to… Read More
