No Kings
This week: No Kings 2.0, Mussolini's hitman, and butterflies are free.
Kevin J. Rogers
Mon Dieu, Monsieur
This week: Gaza, the French circus, and an ancient Roman sailor.
Modern Whig Weekly 8.30.25
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
― William Shakespeare
Far too often, we have one subject planned for our weekly newsletter when events force another subject on us. Sometimes, as with last week, an abuse of power or some other insult to the Constitution
Modern Whig Weekly 8.23.25
“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
― Richard Nixon
Most days, columnists need to work to find something to write about. You scan the news, hoping something pops out at
Motion One: International Trade
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the exclusive power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.”
Trade policy, as with so many other areas in our system of government, has long been a source of tension between executive ambition and legislative prerogative. Many
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