5+ hour, 3+ min ago  (282+ words) Democracy in America, Part II, Chapters 4 & 5 Democracy works, when it works, not because citizens choose wisely but because participation forms citizens capable of governing themselves despite not always choosing wisely. This insight runs through Tocqueville's chapters on political association and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (73+ words) On June 1, Azerbaijani President'Ilham Aliyev posted'a framed order President'Donald Trump'gave him waiving Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act. Essentially, Trump's waiver allows Azerbaijan to purchase American weaponry. None of the Partners Professing to Seek Peace Is Sincere, and the TRIPP…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (47+ words) American Enterprise Institute - AEI Discussing JD Vance's foreign policy approach: Conley on PBS News Hour's "Compass Points' Nonresident Senior Fellow Heather Conley discusses JD Vance's foreign policy approach on PBS News Hour's "Compass Points.'...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (491+ words) This isn't drift'it's a full-scale abandonment of civic confidence. Many rightly point to recent events'polarizing politics, economic inequality, the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the chaos of recent Presidential administrations'as contributors to this decline. But the generational collapse in…...

10+ mon, 2+ day ago  (244+ words) By Samuel J. Abrams Matt Reed's recent column in Inside Higher Ed captures a profound challenge: how to teach American Government in a moment when so many students arrive in the classroom deeply skeptical of politics and the institutions that sustain…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (449+ words) By Peter J. Wallison The Constitution's Framers believed that a government of separated powers was least likely to threaten the liberties of the people. Accordingly, the government they created was a tripartite structure'a bicameral legislature (a Senate and House of Representatives)…...