The Michigan State University Debate Team kicked off its 2016-17 season last week, finishing in the top 16 out of 105 teams competing at the Georgia State National College Debate Tournament.
MSU debate team finishes in top 16 at first tournament
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have More in Common Than You Think
Both 2016 presidential hopefuls believe in the primacy of the state over the individual.
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Will Trump Supporters Like What They Get?
Dennis Van Tine/UPI/Newscom"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." So wrote H.L. Mencken a century ago. In our form of democracy, though, the people often don't get what they want. But with the election of Donald Trump, that is about to change.
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Baker Institute expert: Texas Legislature must uphold church-state separation
HOUSTON – (Jan. 6, 2017) – A range of proposals before the 2017 Texas legislative session would breach Thomas Jefferson’s wall of separation between church and state, according to a religious studies scholar and Christian theologian at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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U.S. Foreign Policy Powers: Congress and the President
Signing the Constitution of the United States, by Thomas Pritchard Rossiter, was painted in 1878.
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Senator Jon Tester receives ALA's 2017 James Madison Award
Washington, D.C. - American Library Association (ALA) Past President Sari Feldman presented U.S. Senator Jon Tester (Montana) with the 2017 James Madison Award today during a ceremony streamed live from the Newseum’s Knight TV Studio in Washington, D.C. The award honors organizations or individuals who have championed, protected and promoted public access to government information and the public’s right to know how it functions.
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MSU Debate finishes in top 16 at National Debate Tournament
The Michigan State University debate team finished in the top 16 out of 78 teams competing at the National Debate Tournament held at the University of Kansas over the weekend.
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How This Photographer Captures The Places "Where American Ideas Began"
Long Island, New York-based photographer Xiomáro first picked up a camera on a trip to Arches National Park in 2006—and he never put it down. A former music industry lawyer, he now documents historic sites and natural landscapes for the National Park Service and other clients. We recently caught up with Xiomáro about his work, and have gathered some photo selections and excerpts from our conversation below.
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Founding Fathers and Mothers: The Old State Houses Coffee-Hour Lecture Series to take place in April 2017
DOVER, Del.—March 30, 2017)—Beginning on April 6 and continuing each Thursday in April 2017, The Old State House, located at 25 The Green in Dover, Del., will present its fourth annual Coffee-Hour Lecture Series which is designed to provide stimulating programming for audiences who have just left work for the day.
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Ten graduate students celebrated for excellence in teaching and service
The Graduate School has presented nine graduate students with its annual Teaching Awards in recognition of their outstanding abilities as teachers. An additional one-time Service in Teaching Award also was granted this year.
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Don't Rush to Impeachment
There's a reason it's supposed to be hard to remove the president.
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That Old-Time Civil Religion
Yale University PressNever mind the First Amendment; the United States has an official religion after all. It's a civil religion, and the deity's role is to bestow blessings on the state. The "Supreme Architect,""the Almighty Being,""the Infinite Power," and "the Being Who Regulates the Destiny of Nations" are just a few of the sobriquets that Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison gave to the nation's nondenominational guardian spirit.
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Fondren celebrates 50th anniversary as member of Federal Depository Library Program
As James Madison famously said, ‘Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives,’ that saying is just as apt today as it was in Madison’s time,” said Andy Sherman, chief of staff of the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Sherman addressed the Rice community and members of the public May 31 at the celebration of Fondren Library’s 50th anniversary of membership in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
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Celebrating Individual Rights on Independence Day
At the country's founding, there were no walls to stop people from coming ashore and few rules to stop anyone from trying out new ideas.
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Americans Should Impeach Presidents More Often.
Impeachment talk in the nation's capital rose from a murmur to a dull roar in mid-May, thanks to a week jam-packed with Nixonesque "White House horrors." On Tuesday, May 9, President Donald Trump summarily fired FBI director James Comey; on Thursday, Trump admitted the FBI investigation into "this Russia thing"—attempts to answer questions about his campaign's links with Moscow—was a key reason for the firing; Friday found Trump warning Comey he'd "better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations"; and the following Tuesday The New York Times reported the existence of a Comey memo on Trump's efforts to get the FBI director to "let this go." Along the way, Trump may have "jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State" while bragging to Russian diplomats about his "great intel," according to The Washington Post.
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The National Archives Celebrates Constitution Day
The National Archives celebrates the 230th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution with special programs that include an evening panel discussion titled “The New American Constitution” (Sept.
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DC Debut: Alexandra Pelosis "The Words That Built America" at the National Archives
In celebration of the 230th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, the National Archives presents the first DC public screening of Director-Producer Alexandra Pelosi’s new film The Words That Built America (2017; 50 minutes) on Tuesday, September 19 at 7 p.m. Ms. Pelosi will introduce the film. Register to attend the program online.
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Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks at the Heritage Foundations Legal Strategy Forum
President Trump spoke here a little more than a week ago. In eloquent terms, he talked about the legal traditions handed down to us which are the “legacy” of our Founders. He spoke of the urgent necessity to “rededicate ourselves to the defense of our God-given rights” and he has done more than talk. He is nominating truly outstanding judges for our courts who understand these principles. I am very proud of this judicial record and to serve in his Justice Department.
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Four Dead in Africa: The Addiction to World Policing Must End
Many Americans, including our nation's leaders, don't know where or why our military is deployed.
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Princeton research project explores past ties to slavery
The Princeton and Slavery Project has released its findings on a public website. Princeton scholars and students engaged in the research project explored the ties of early University trustees, presidents, faculty and students to the institution of slavery. The online materials include over 80 articles, video documentaries, interactive maps and several hundred primary source documents.
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