Virgil and the Constitution

Virgil and the Constitution

When the Founders created the Great Seal of the United States in 1782, they borrowed all three of its sayings from poems attributable to the Roman poet Virgil (70-19 BCE): E pluribus unum (“out of many, one”), Novus ordo seclorum (“a new order of the ages”) and Annuit...
Is Trump Really Cutting the Size of Government?

Is Trump Really Cutting the Size of Government?

The Trump administration has fired about 25,000 federal workers to date. Media and politicians are telling the American people that this is a massive “slash and burn” cut to the federal government. The truth is quite different. The number 25,000 represents only a tiny...