THE MOST CURIOUS thing about Europe’s newest democracies is their propensity to suffer serious reversal at their moment of greatest triumph. After gaining membership in the European Union and NATO, ...

Richard Haass’ book “The Bill of Obligations” dedicates itself to preserving democracy and applauds those who put the country before their party or self-interest. Indeed, he writes that the gravest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police clash with Trump supporters inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. (Mostafa Bassim) In the popular imagination, a ...

While Democrats complain about “threats to democracy,” they and their union allies were attempting to overturn election results in California. That effort has now, thankfully, failed. The election in ...

Ted Diadiun’s misleading March 17 column, “Doomsaying to contrary, democracy stands intact,” begins by showing that a majority of Americans believe our democracy is in peril, regardless of whether Joe ...

Authoritarianism doesn’t start with guns or guards. It starts with the quieting of voices. When speech is censored for one, liberty is lost for all. Every regime that has feared dissent has begun by ...

The thought that the majority should have their way and the minority their say in critical contested public issues, ridicules what is good and noble. History teaches us that the majority have often ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said any leader who fails to perform should be voted out of office if proper elections were conducted. Describing electoral manipulation as one of the biggest ...

President-elect Donald Trump has said that he would, on Day 1, deport illegal immigrants even if they have U.S-born babies who are citizens. The Constitution effectively prohibits deporting American ...