Monday, July 29, 2019

Becoming President: Nixon in 1968

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The political mood in the United States in 1968 was tumultuous. Richard Nixon competed with Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination. I...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Ronald Reagan vs. John Maynard Keynes

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Much of President Reagan’s economic policy was directed at undoing New Deal policies which were leftover from the Great Depression. These po...
Friday, March 15, 2019

Re-Examining the Integration Narrative: School Desegregation Before Brown

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The simple narrative taught in most history textbooks is that prior to 1954, schools in the United States were divided into two categories: ...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Why Do Governments Do What They Do? Economic Policy As Political Choice

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Governments, all too often, intervene in economies, regulating, incentivizing, subsidizing, and generally gumming up the works, making marke...
Saturday, February 9, 2019

The Story Behind the Story: Flint Was Not the First Water Crisis

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The problems with government-provided drinking water pipelines in Flint, Michigan began in 2014, and by 2015 had obtained a high level of at...
Friday, January 4, 2019

The Cold War: An Unwanted Leadership Role for America

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The Cold War was a span of years which greatly shaped the second half of the twentieth century. Its roots, however, were present already ear...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Twenty-First Century Universities: Civilization's Suicide Pill

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A February 2014 edition of The Michigan Daily reported in a front-page story about a “$3 million donation to create virtual curriculum for ...