John Steele Gordon

John Steele Gordon Party of the Century

What Barack Obama’s birthday gala shares with a bash from the past

John Steele Gordon The New Censorship

History shows the dangers of suppressing scientific debate—but social media platforms, using public health as a justification, are eroding free speech.

John Steele Gordon A Short History of Morality

Past generations could no more live up to present moral standards than we could live up to those of the distant future.

John Steele Gordon A Short History of the Filibuster

Accidentally created and cynically exploited, the tactic nonetheless suits the Senate’s intended character.

John Steele Gordon Taxation with Representation

A fair and reasonable alternative to D.C. statehood

John Steele Gordon Abolish the Corporate Income Tax

For more than a century, its complexity and perverse effects have worked to the detriment of the American economy.

John Steele Gordon A Brief History of New York Impeachments

Whatever Andrew Cuomo’s ultimate fate, he is in uncharted political waters.

John Steele Gordon A National Disgrace

The federal budget process threatens America’s future.

John Steele Gordon The Wages of Cynicism

Raising the minimum wage won’t stimulate the economy, but it will stimulate Democratic interest groups.

John Steele Gordon What King and Others Wrought

The titanic achievements of America’s civil rights movement refute claims by the Left that the country remains “systemically racist.”