Benjamin Fortin is an Instructional Designer for the Center for Excellence at Northwood University, where he also serves as an Adjunct Political Science Professor. He can be reached at fortinb@northwood.edu.
As in 1989, the world seems to be shifting beneath our feet. The second coming of Trump to the White House has rattled the global order. Whether it’s trade or defense, we observe a rapid realigning of strategic partnerships in all corners of the earth in the face of growing uncertainties. At the epicenter of...
Thomas Jefferson warned us that “the natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” The growth of government in the past century has certainly vindicated his assessment. There are multiple explanations for this, but one of the most relevant today is the tendency of emergencies, both real and imagined,...