giddy minds & foreign quarrels

 On December 7 the White House sent Congress its latest biennial war powers report.   No surprises. It cites the 2001 AUMF as authority for ...

 One reason for historians to revisit topics already covered by others is that later generations have new questions and new perspectives abo...

 I've long told my classes, "If you know how the system works, you'll know how to work the system." And the way Washington...

 The White House released its twice-yearly War Powers report on June 8. No surprises and few specific numbers. The letter to Congress this ...

I’ve been studying America’s secretaries of defense for a long time. I wrote a book comparing the first 21 in 2006, just before one of the...

 [I mentioned some of these items a few years ago, but now my list is longer.] I was exchanging reading recommendations with a friend and r...

 The president sent Congress his latest report on troop deployments under the War Powers law on December 8. It shows that combat-equipped f...