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Each year end, public relations (PR) practitioners are quizzed on what they think are the top-five PR crises of the year. Since I work more in politics than in business, I chose to consider the top five political – presidential – PR…

There’s been a lot of buzz thus week about the appearance of SUV-sized drones over the Atlantic Coast states, particularly New Jersey. They exhibit some characteristics not previously observed and speculation is rampant. The most commonly…

Donald Trump’s re-election is more than a political outcome. It’s a signal that national security from the southern border to shorelines will once again be given top priority. And with that, one of the most critical pieces of legislation to…

When I served as a judicial officer, I leaned into the originalist philosophy championed by Justice Antonin Scalia. His wisdom — that judges must adhere to the Constitution and the law as written, not as they wish it to be —…

<img alt="Jacques Réattu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons" captext="Public domain" src="https://images.americanthinker.com/jq/jqnqlchknj1lyp3ahagk_640.jpg">Image: The Triumph of Civilization, Jacques Réattu, public…

When I served as a judicial officer, I leaned into the originalist philosophy championed by Justice Antonin Scalia. His wisdom — that judges must adhere to the Constitution and the law as written, not as they wish it to be —…

In the case of Winterbottom v. Wright in 1842, Judge Robert Rolf said, “Hard cases, it has frequently been observed, are apt to introduce bad law.” By that he meant that laws are better drafted under ordinary cases as difficult ones can…

Last month, in November 2024, Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) narrowly approved an optional curriculum that would allow stories from the Bible to be taught to K-5 elementary school children. Even though three Republicans joined the…

Great Britain remains one of our closest allies, as reaffirmed when President Trump met with Prince William at the British embassy in Paris last week. Nevertheless, much has been made in this forum about the deterioration, even downfall, of…

The sun has been shining on President Donald Trump in recent days. There has been an inundation of deserved blandishment and accolades since his landslide victory during the Presidential elections held last month. A week ago, Trump was…