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Andy McCarthy weighs in on President Trump commuting Roger Stone's sentence and how it compares to other presidential pardons In the days leading up to Christmas, President Trump granted a spurt of 49 pardons and commutations – adding to the dozens he has issued throughout his one-term presidency. While many critics expressed outrage at his pardoning decisions, the custom – as outlined in the Constitution and unique to the commander in chief – has long drawn staunch condemnation. "Presidents have often made controversial clemency decisions for what they believed were the right reaso...

by Mike Hays When we burn our 2020 calendars and combine its ashes with the ashes of all of our plans, hopes, and expectations for this lost year, it will be as if Dickens’ A Talk of Two Cities was rewritten as A Tale of Two Nations, but with the same words: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

Lithuanian and Polish central banks to issue coins dedicated to the Constitution of 1791 2020-12-21 1of 1 In April 2021, commemorating the 230th Anniversary of the Constitution of 1791 - the magnum opus of the revived Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth, the national banks of Lithuania and Poland will jointly issue collector coins dedicated to this historic date. The central banks have already agreed on common motifs and inscriptions to be reflected on these precious metal coins, which are expected to be issued in both countries on the same day in April 2021. On this occasion, the Bank of Lithua...

Rehman Sobhan Written by Rehman Sobhan, From Two Economies to Two Nations (2015) discusses the inequality and economic disparity fermented in East Pakistan by West Pakistanis, a legacy bequeathed to Bangladesh. Professor Sobhan holds this conversation through articles, personal anecdotes, and research papers, detailing the history behind Bangladesh's emergence as an independent nation. A GOLDEN AGE In Tahmima Anam's debut novel, A Golden Age (2006), recently widowed Rehana Haque's life is turned upside down as war breaks out in East Pakistan in 1971. The Urdu-speaking mother of two struggle...