NEW YEAR’S DECLARATIONS
Want a “more perfect” you? Look to those who sought a more perfect union.
An eight-year Emmy-winning veteran of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Kevin Bleyer is the bestselling author of Me the People: One Man’s Selfless Quest to Rewrite The Constitution of the United States of America, and the co-author, with Governor Bill Richardson, of How to Sweet-Talk a Shark. Follow him on Twitter @kevinbleyer.
Intellectual Impropriety
Sony, this isn't complicated. Really. Just follow Alexander Hamilton's example.
A Little Hack-Checking
Did North Korea hack Sony to punish them for a Seth Rogen movie that taunts Kim Jong-un? Having seen its computer operation in action, Kevin Bleyer suspects not.
Supreme Tenure
‘Til death do us ex parte: Despite her recent heart surgery, it isn’t time for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to hang up her doily. PQ: The Constitution establishes a system of laws to be followed, not rules to be gamed. If it takes a 90-pound Jewish grandmother bedecked in a doily to make that self-evident, so be it.
Tears of a Crown
Tearing up the Constitution? Certainly sounds like something people would accuse a king of doing.
Hermit Diplomacy
An inside look at how the American government negotiates to free its citizens from North Korea.
LIQUOR LAWS
If the President is seeking a way to court Republicans, alcohol is a slam-drunk.
Midterm Mixology
The Founders had a sure fire way to get out the vote: get out the beer.
FEVER
America has a long history of confronting and beating back pandemics, so let’s maybe not lose our heads over Ebola?
Un-Known Whereabouts
Just where did the Supreme Leader go? An undisclosed location? Or that great Sun Palace in the sky?