As an ex-academic I like to keep my finger on the pulse of what goes on in higher learning in America

In his book, The World Beyond Your Head, Matthew Crawford writes that “attention is the one thing that is most one’s own...we choose what to pay attention to, and in a very real sense this determines what is real for us; what is actually present to our consciousness.”

It is difficult to think of two world leaders who present a starker contrast than the 38^th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, and the current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. 

As we commemorate the 50^th anniversary of Gerald Ford’s inauguration, we are invited to reflect upon his legacy.

Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz engaged in a notably cordial and substantive debate, demonstrating a level of policy discussion that many observers, including myself, did not anticipate.

1. How secure is mail-in balloting?

Absentee voting by mail is secure.

In an interview that had him reflecting back over his life and political career, Gerald Ford was once asked to name his greatest regret.

Presidential transitions have taken place since Washington passed the baton to Adams. Many of these transitions were smooth and straightforward, but more than a few were far from stress-free.

Americans are like members of a quarrelsome family, so intent on arguing their petty grievances around the kitchen table that they don’t smell the rising smoke from the oven.

Election season in the United States. For even the most politically-involved Americans, the time between January and November every four years is filled with heightened cortisol levels…

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13 is a stark reminder that the specter of political violence casts a long shadow over our democratic ideals.

One of the greatest challenges facing the administration of US President Gerald Ford when he assumed office in 1974 was the poor state of the US economy, which was suffering from a condition dubbed stagflation – stagnation and inflation.

The main source we have for information on the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, occurring in the summer of 1787, is James Madison’s notes on the convention.

I have spent weeks trying to write something arguing that empathy is the answer to everything…

Today is the birthday of Benjamin Harrison, the 23^rd U.S. president and the only president ever elected from the state of Indiana, which is not far from where I’m writing this morning.

From August 6-9, the Ford celebrated the 50th anniversary of Gerald and Betty Ford becoming president and first lady of the United States.

This Friday, August 9, marks the 50th anniversary of Gerald Ford's swearing-in as the 38th President of the United States.

Some years ago I attended a conference that brought together political practitioners and academics to see what we could learn from one another’s work.

A recent essay over at Quillette observed that "The near assassination of Donald Trump was a brazen attack on democracy."

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