Mar 12, 2019 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGISLATIVE LAW
By Alan Nathan © 2018 CNS News.comIn September of 2017, the Annual Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey found that about 74 percent of the country could not name our three branches of government. This year, the oblivious-count mildly dropped to 68 percent – we’re...
Nov 29, 2018 | Alan's Blog
The following article was published in cnsnews.com https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/alan-nathan/constitutional-illiteracy-abounds-especially-separation-powers In September of 2017, the Annual Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey found that about 74 percent of...
Sep 20, 2009 | MATTERS OF RACE
By Alan Nathan © 2009 Big Hollywood What do actor/comic Janeane Garofalo, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and former President Jimmy Carter all have in common? They commit racism in the name of fighting it, but still expect to be taken seriously. In short, their...
Nov 2, 2008 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGISLATIVE LAW, MEDIA BIAS
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times What chance do arguments have to rise and fall on their merits if they’re framed by a seemingly party-owned press? And once that party comes to power, won’t its lackey journalists constitute a type of state-owned...
Oct 17, 2008 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGISLATIVE LAW, MEDIA BIAS
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times In all three presidential debates, some pivotal facts have been grotesquely obscured. The very law that Democrats cite as the reason for our current financial mess, and the one for which they blame Sen. John McCain, is a law that...