Trump won by talking directly to those Americans who struggle each day with the socioeconomic consequences of misguided government policies. In contrast, in her newly released book "What Happened," Clinton acknowledges that she utterly failed to connect with those voters.

The cost to public safety of reducing spending on criminal justice programs can be effectively zero. That’s according to Sal Nuzzo of the James Madison Institute.

"Does the U.S. need another constitutional convention?" asks JMI Senior Fellow Robert F. Sanchez in the Tallahassee Democrat.