Another test is upon us this Independence Day. We face anew the fundamental question whether three hundred thirty million Americans must be bound to interpretations of 18th century mindsets regarding fundamental rights. The answer should be an emphatic no. This is without regard to the outcomes of any specific decisions…

A brilliant friend from Australia with a Ph.D in economics asked me yesterday, “What is going on with your country?” It was a sincere question that gave rise to sincere thought. I responded that the complexity in the United States is not that we had close state-by-state votes under our…

and a plea for their help … To our son and daughters, we know the country is not as it should be. The childhood lessons we taught you are absent from public discourse. We regret that our generation enabled this situation. …

… in this case, on the number of Supreme Court justices Neither Vice President Biden nor Senator Harris took the bait during the recent debates to answer whether they would support expanding the Supreme Court if Hon. Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed. It is hard to dispute their strategic choice…

Northfield, Illinois, September 2020 Attempts thus far to return America’s 20 million college students to campus without flaring COVID-19 cases have been mixed, at best. Blame abounds. Students are dubbed selfish for violating public-health requirements. Administrators are faulted for ambiguous messaging and poor preparations. Parents are chided for impatience, and…

This piece is also available on Michael Smerconish’s website and Twitter at https://www.smerconish.com/news/2020/9/4/labor-day-and-the-american-alloy Labor Day offers an opportunity to consider a prospective re-set of the way we define ourselves as a Nation. We have long heard the venerable “melting pot” metaphor, which feels overworked even if it might still resonate…

This piece was published at https://www.smerconish.com/news/2020/7/7/why-we-celebrate-the-fourth-of-july Profound American statements sound the call for celebrations on this date. We celebrate that our forebears were dreamers who founded the Nation upon visionary principles. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”¹ We celebrate our historic stances for freedom and human rights. We reject…