Mercyhurst University professor and political science department chair Joseph Morris views a particular course as the most important he teaches. His Introduction to American Government class is an ...

It has recently come to my attention that there is some confusion over the type of government we have in the United States. I am not talking about our Commission Form of government in Saratoga Springs ...

Recently there have been many pundits and incompetents who have been invoking Article VI, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause. No, progressive socialist leftists ...

With every cry for a rewrite of the U.S. Constitution comes speculation that cracks are undermining the foundation of our democratic republic. Would a rewrite or changes to the U.S. Constitution add ...

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. (Emphasis is mine.) We ...

We are constantly exposed to the insidious rhetoric of the progressive socialist left, aka the Democrat party, about undermining our democracy. I would suggest a little Schoolhouse Rock refresher for ...