Jim Ludes, Author at Pell Center

Our Republic is on the Ballot

The most important player in a republic—including ours—is the citizen. From our consent, leaders derive the authority to govern: to

In May of 1952, John Foster Dulles, the man who would become Secretary of State to President Dwight Eisenhower, published

On Monday, the Senate Chaplain Rear Admiral Barry Black, USN (Ret.) opened the Senate impeachment trial with a moment of

At some point in my misspent youth, I discovered the magic of films from Hollywood’s golden era. Somewhere between Academy

The most important player in a republic like ours isn’t the president, it isn’t the speaker of the House, and

The start of the new year always means crowded gyms and a run on exercise gear. I do it, too.

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Earlier this week, a friend of mine sent me an article from Inc. magazine predicting that in 2020 liberal arts

Last weekend, I found myself in my kitchen cooking dinner and humming a song from decades ago. The German rock