America’s belief that it can be militarily dominant in every major region appears to be wavering. But without challengers, ...

Why should a country want or need allies? President Donald Trump and his followers seem to disdain the idea. So did George ...

Jimmy Reid warned in a speech hailed as the greatest since Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by the New York Times against ‘silence in the face of injustice’ for fear of offending powerful peopleIn ...

As George Washington's 293rd birthday approaches on Feb. 22, his influence remains profound, shaping American identity, government, and global perceptions. Washington's role as the first U.S.

On Feb. 22, we celebrate the birthday of our first president, George Washington. I like to take this occasion to reflect on ...

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Names are tricky things. What was the federal holiday at the start of this week? Most people say “Presidents Day,” but there ...

On Presidents Day, we celebrate the Father of America and his indelible mark on history. Our nation’s first president was born near Popes Creek, Virginia, on February 11, 1731. That date might have ...

What a difference a year makes—or in this case just four weeks since Trump’s inauguration—regarding the state of the nation ...

Discover the evolution of Presidents Day from a single-president celebration to a national holiday honoring American ...

Every year, U.S. Senators take time around the Presidents’ Day holiday to publicly read his farewell letter aloud on the U.S. Senate floor. This year, the honor goes to Mississippi’s Republican ...

As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...