Author: John Scott Lewinski

Since the earliest days of the republic, termed-out or defeated American presidents headed out of the White House issue pardons to a chosen few (or, on occasion, a hefty stack) of accused or convicted applicants hoping to breathe free. The executive branch’s “get out of jail free” cards come out of the fading president’s deck…

Every big campaign event playing out across the United States this election season has its essential ingredients. There’s the chanting crowd, the patriotic festoonery, the smiling candidate, the platitude-stuffed stump speech, and the stirring popular song to start the party. The process of how those songs are chosen, what effect they have, and how they’re…

It’s difficult to fix any problem, personal or societal, without the direct involvement of those afflicted. While that seems a logical assumption, many of the nation’s activist groups and nonprofit organizations, fighting everything from homelessness to unfairness in the criminal justice system, often fail to involve direct input from those “boots on the ground” men…

When the world snoops on the relationship between the United States and Canada, they see a complicated marriage. Longtime allies who haven’t seen a shot fired in anger between them since the War of 1812 juggle significant societal differences. Star-spangled banners wave at maple leaf flags across what was once termed the world’s longest unguarded…