Rokeby hosts discussions about ‘our rights’

Join a virtual book talk or come in person to debate “Our Rights” with Meg Mott on March 29.

Community forum: Read the Constitution, presidents don’t control elections

Reports that President Trump is preparing a sweeping executive order to seize federal control over American elections are not only alarming, they are also dangerous.

Victor Nuovo: The Constitution’s 7 articles

13th in a series The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787. It consisted of delegates from 12 of the 13 states. Its first action was to elect George Washington President of the Convention. Its chief business was to draft a con … (read more)

Victor Nuovo: The U.S. Constitution: Why we have a duty to defend our fundamental law

12th in a series American Constitutionalism is a system of government founded on a fundamental law, which is not biased to the wishes and whims of a monarch, or the fancies of a demagogue, or the privilege of a particular social class; rather, one that ha … (read more)

Letter to the editor: Think about the Constitution through the lens of the future

One of the few things that current-day conservatives and progressives might agree on is that our nation’s constitution is broken. Instead of being able to point to constitutional mandates, we scramble over the shards of a deeply divided political discours … (read more)