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This version of “The Metaphysics of Democracy” differs from the version that was published in the February 2018 print edition. The editors regret that they mistakenly printed an earlier draft rather than the final draft as approved by the author. We…
In a large democracy like India, millions enjoy rights and freedoms secured through the sacrifices of a relatively small section of society. Yet, when those rights come under threat, it is often only a small section that protests, questions authority…
Before he marched on Persia in 547 B.C., Croesus of Lydia sent gold to Delphi and asked the oracle whether he should make war on Persia. The answer came back as a riddle: If he crossed the river Halys, he would destroy…
What if every political system, from democracy to dictatorship, rests on a set of assumptions about human nature that most of us rarely stop to question? We often talk about politics as a competition between parties, leaders, ideologies, and policies.
“If the ruling party claims that we are attempting to change this system, I want to ask them: if you are snatching our electoral rights and our right to protest, then yes, we are working for a regime change. What…
The term "Christian nationalism" has been bandied about in the press lately, often by left-leaning commentators raising alarms that the Trump administration is giving aid and comfort to a movement that would turn America into some version of "The Handmaid's…
European governments are dismayed by President Trump’s waiver of the anti-Russian sanctions in the Lindsey Graham Act, as well as our buying diesel fuel from Russia. This, from the London Times, is typical: Britain takes a “strongly different view” from…
Join us as our panel considers what the Declaration’s grievances can teach us today about our criminal justice system. As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those…
Having called Airdrie home for 30 years, Councillor Chad Stewart's first year on Airdrie City Council has been an extension of a lifelong commitment to serving his community, which is to serve people According to Stewart, his experience since election has…
President Donald Trump is now operating as the chief prosecutor of the United States: he has the exclusive authority to decide who is investigated or prosecuted by the Department of Justice. Posted by LampLighter at 03:33 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on…