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John C. Wohlstetter is a senior fellow at the Seattle-based Discovery Institute and the Washington, D.C.-based Gold Institute for International Strategy. He is the author of Presidential Succession: Constitution, Congress and National Security (3rd ed., 2026), to be published later this year.
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Sep 3, 2026 ∙ 5 min
The doomsday clock: assessing risk by facile metaphor
The 2026 update moved the clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been.
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Aug 10, 2026 ∙ 5 min
Misunderstandings about the 25th Amendment
John C. Wohlstetter The 25th Amendment allowed for a smooth transition to the Ford Presidency after Richard Nixon’s resignation on August 8, 1974. Wife Betty Ford looks on as Vice President Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as president of the United States by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. PHOTO BY WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER ROBERT L. KNUDSEN (PUBLIC DOMAIN) The recent attempted assassination of President Trump raises anew questions surrounding presidential succession. Prominent political and media...
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Jul 2, 2026 ∙ 5 min
America at 250: a salute to an iconic orchestral composition
By John C. Wohlstetter American orchestral composer and conductor Peter Boyer poses with pianist Jeffery Biegel ahead of the performance of Boyer’s Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue with the London Symphony Orchestra. PHOTO COURTESY OF PETER BOYER On a snowy afternoon, February 12, 1924 — Abraham Lincoln’s birthday — a performance of America’s most iconic orchestral composition was presented at Aeolian Hall in Manhattan: George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. It was the penultimate piece in a...
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