Marbury v. Madison (1803)
First Exercise of Judicial Review. On this day in 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison. It is perhaps the most […]
Political History
Nixon to China
He Re-Opened Relations. In 1972, President Nixon arrived in China and met with Chairman Moa Zedong. The Chinese Communist Party had controlled mainland China since […]
The Lippmann Column
The Trial Balloon. Walter Lippmann, a widely read columnist for the New York Herald-Tribune and an accepted expert on many subjects, wrote this column below […]
President’s Day
The Father of the Country. Originally celebrating George Washington’s birthday, and then Abe Lincoln’s Birthday, the federal government has declared the third Monday in February […]