It behooves every American citizen to look into how democracies are destroyed from within. These are valuable lessons.

For at least two reasons. One is the fact that a republic is a subset of democracy, which renders the argument wrong both factually and logically. Further, most people who make that argument cite ...

Orwell got it. Tyrants from across the political spectrum understand what Nazi Goebbels and Communist Stalin said – “He who controls the language controls the world.” The contemporary ...

constitutional federal republic, etc. ‒ but “deliberative democracy” best captures the foundational principle that permits all opinions and affected persons be heard before a final policy ...