1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (420+ words) The Declaration asserted that our rights are inherent to us as human beings. Government exists to protect those rights and derives its legitimate authority from the consent of the governed.[Text Wrapping Break][Text Wrapping Break]In other words, political…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (374+ words) Behavior جريدة القدس Mon 24 Aug 2026 11:33 am - Jerusalem Time With the exception of a minority that thrives and feeds on the perpetuation of the status quo, the absence of institutions, the ossification of democratic wheels, and the decline of the Palestinian…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (534+ words) By David J. Butler Every political system operates according to its own sense of time. American democracy was built to move deliberately. Modern technology expects it to move instantly. That tension may be one of the defining political challenges of our…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (172+ words) Britain offers another example. Brexit demonstrated that a referendum could bypass much of the traditional party-mediated political process and produce a political shock that Parliament struggled to manage. Hungary illustrates a more direct form of democratic erosion. Viktor Orbán and…...