A column in the Wall Street Journal this morning gives us a thumbnail history of U.S. Election Day, now Election Tri-Month. The writer is of the opinion that early, extended and absentee voting has ruined it. The columnist, a sentimentalist, seems most worried about losing the majesty…

by Mark Franke In the 1993 movie “Gettysburg,” Confederate generals are gathered around a campfire discussing the justification for their secession from the Union. They submit that the government comes only from the consent of the people and therefore the…

by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Is cryptocurrency becoming a substitute for the U.S. dollar? Curiosity about cryptocurrency is understandable, even for those unlikely to become crypto billionaires. Without a bit of actual cash, we wonder how children ever learn to…

As the Midterm elections approach, we have hit a new low in American journalism. For generations, the classic definition of “news” in newsrooms across the country was when a man bites a dog rather than the common reverse. I had thought that…

My city’s Urban League this week released its “State of the City,” much lauded by the local media, and, mercifully, the only one in a decade. There is the usual listing of black-white disparities and the continued concern that the white…