When the White House included a gilt-framed image of an autopen in the new Presidential Walk of Fame installed outside the West Wing last month, it was more than just another epic troll by President Trump of his predecessor.
There seems to be general agreement that Democrats need to radically transform their party image. The second election of Donald Trump and the subsequent failure of the party to gain favor in voters' eyes even as many of Trump's actions are notably unpopular suggests that Democrats have a "yuck" factor that just isn't going away.
Abigail Spanberger, former member of Congress and candidate for governor of Virginia, has kept rather quiet about her career in the Central Intelligence Agency. As people should know, that could have something to do with her mixed signals on trans ideology. Last month, reporters asked Spanberger if she supported "transgender women" playing in female sports and using female restrooms. The Democrat replied:
"All-In Podcast" host David Sacks asks someone to look into Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the two largest proxy advisory firms that tell institutional investors how to vote their shares of public companies.
Back in the late 1970s there was a popular wine commercial with the film director Orson Welles reminding us that "some things can't be rushed," and concluding with what became a famous catchphrase: "We will sell no wine before its time."
Demonstrating a vision both aesthetic and political, Thomas Jefferson envisioned the US Capitol as "the first temple dedicated to the sovereignty of the people; embellishing with Athenian taste the course of a nation looking far beyond the range of Athenian destinies." From the beginning, America's leaders understood that civic education happens in stone and space as much as in schools. The buildings and monuments around us shape how we imagine our country and our place within it. For better or worse, civic architecture teaches citizens what kind of nation they inhabit and what kind of...
