For anyone in doubt, I can report that the White House is still standing. To be precise, the original mansion, completed in 1800, the final year of John Adams’s presidency, remains where it always has been (with its interior installed by President Harry Truman between 1949 and 1951). The East Wing added by President Theodore […]

 On Oct. 14, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether the use of race to gerrymander voting districts, pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is constitutional. The cases, which originated in Louisiana, returned to the court after arguments in March and additional briefing over its summer recess. As widely reported, the court appears likely to […]

America’s economic rebound despite tariffs during the second quarter is not a mystery — it was all dependent on artificial intelligence and data center construction.  Real GDP grew at a brisk 3.8% annualized in Q2 2025 and is expected to grow at least 2.5% in Q3 (almost 4% again according to Atlanta’s GDP Now), but the […]