Like all our political institutions, the presidency has evolved with the growth of the nation and the pace of change in the modern world. Three key changes come to mind.

How are scandals shaping our political landscape?

Our public school system was originally created to produce good citizens. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson argued for a national school system because “a foundation [would be] laid for a government truly republican.” Today, that foundation is shaky, with young people increasingly disengaged from the nation’s political life.

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The cases of Representatives Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangel reveal the corruption that is almost inevitable when any politician is given a job for life and the scandalous lack of accountability in the Congressional Black Caucus.

The goal of this paper is to analyze Race to the Top to identify the program's strengths and weaknesses and to suggest what it can teach future designers and implementers of federal education policy.

While federal spending must be reduced, spending on the U.S. military must be increased to maintain the military as the preeminent global force that it is today.

In this country, we have a separation of powers, which means that the executive branch shouldn"t be poking around legislative offices without consent from Congress.

There is a right way and a wrong way to move toward justice, and this was the wrong way.