Sen. Robert Byrd, whose visage is as stony as the mountains of his West Virginia, resembles William Gladstone, of whom it was said he did not lack a sense of humor but rarely was in a mood to be ...

The University of Notre Dame will host a public lecture on politics and democracy featuring George F. Will on Nov. 6. The event, hosted by the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, ...

WAR is government’s gravest undertaking, but defining war is difficult, declaring it is rare, and making constitutional values and procedures pertinent to it is problematic. This has been made more so ...

When Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944), the astrophysicist, was asked how many people understood his theory of the expanding universe, he paused, then said, “Perhaps seven.” That may be more ...

In a trade war, as in a real one, people are wounded by friendly fire from their side. Consider some casualties in Donald Trump's "easy to win" -- his promise ...