The Seventeenth Amendment The direct election of United States Senators by popular vote has been a fixture of American governance for over a century. Many contemporary observers view this mechanism as essential to democratic representation. They believe it is a logical component that aligns with the nation’s constitutional framework.1 Before 1913, Senators were chosen by
Author Archives: Ryan Sahlberg
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The human toll of warfare is often measured in absolute numbers, yet such figures can obscure the relative burden on societies of differing sizes. This analysis adjusts U.S. military fatalities for contemporaneous population estimates, providing a per capita perspective on ten major conflicts. By dividing deaths by the nearest decennial census population, this approach highlights
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How the Greatest Generation Transformed America The Baby Boomer generation receives a lot of criticism—and rightfully so. They created unaffordable assets and housing, they contributed to skyrocketing national debt through expansive government spending and entitlement programs that they benefited from but left future generations to pay for, and they blindly follow supposed “experts.” They are
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Smedley Butler: Marine Legend Turned War Critic Smedley Butler is a Marine legend and one of the most decorated Marines in history, yet he is relatively unknown to most Americans. Unless you are part of the Marine Corps or a history enthusiast, you may have never heard his name. Why is that? One main reason
