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July 21, 2025

democracy

Opinion

ZAHRAN: Elon Musk’s “threat” to democracy

May 5, 2022 Mary Zahran

Elon Musk, the man who gave us Tesla and SpaceX, is now giving us something else:  An intimate look at the galling hypocrisy of most of the mainstream media. Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion […]

Article

ERICKSON: The American press corps helped kill democracy 

January 31, 2022 Erick Erickson

The American press corps has been on a tear over the past year about the death of democracy. They share the talking point with Democrats. In the runup to and aftermath of Jan. 6, 2021, […]

Opinion

SHAPIRO: Our elective monarchy

September 18, 2021 admin

In 1629, frustrated by the unwillingness of Parliament to grant him taxation power, King Charles I of England dissolved the body and had nine members arrested. He did not recall Parliament for over a decade. […]

Opinion

ERICKSON: Democracy’s last stand

July 15, 2021 Erick Erickson

Six months ago, former President Donald Trump’s supporters went to Washington to protest his defeat. Some of those who went to Washington stormed the United States Capitol. Others, having seen people headed into the Capitol, […]

Article

ERICKSON: The death of democracy is overstated

June 19, 2021 Erick Erickson

If QAnon is a right-wing conspiracy theory, the Democrats’ allegations that Republicans are killing democracy is the left’s conspiracy. They have convinced themselves that the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion into the Capitol was the worst […]

Article

HILL: The spirit of religion and the spirit of liberty are what made (makes) America great

March 31, 2021 Frank Hill

Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the early days of the Republic on an official mission for the French department of the interior to study the US penitentiary system. What he discovered as he traveled […]

Article

MATTHEWS: With October comes the beauty of autumn, and the thrill of the vote

October 20, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

Next to springtime, autumn is my favorite season, for many reasons. For starters, the cooler temperatures are a welcome reprieve from hot, sticky summers. Along with the cooler temps comes the crisp fall air, and […]

News

Hong Kong police make first arrests under new security law

July 1, 2020 The Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police made the first arrests Wednesday under a new national security law imposed by China’s communist central government, as thousands of people defied tear gas and pepper pellets to protest […]

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CLIMER: Can democracy survive an incompetent news media?

June 30, 2020 Jerry Climer

The existence of a democracy is dependent on an informed citizenry. Modern democracies have become even more reflective of public thinking due to advances in opinion polling, nearly instantaneous communications and a better-educated public. But, […]

Article

HILL: President Calvin Coolidge on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 5, 1926

June 30, 2020 Frank Hill

We meet to celebrate the birthday of America. Amid all the clash of conflicting interests, amid all the welter of partisan politics, every American can turn for solace and consolation to the Declaration of Independence […]

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