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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Bernie Sanders keeps trying to say “democratic socialism” is different from pure socialism. Is pure socialism so bad that it needs a clarifying adjective to make it sound more palatable as “democratic socialism”? Socialism has its roots in “The Communist Manifesto,” written by Karl Marx and Friedrich […]
During President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial, we’ll hear a lot of talk about our rules for governing. One frequent claim is that our nation is a democracy. If we’ve become a democracy, it would […]
When Mrs. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin at the end of the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 what sort of government they had created, he replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” A “democratic republic” he meant. […]
Critics and Democrats claim Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly “assaulted democracy” when they called for two legislative veto override votes early last Wednesday morning when only 64 of the 120 House members […]
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