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 ...

Suppose that you’re walking down the street and you come to an intersection. There is a man standing there with his dog. You sidle up next to him and say, “Hey, nice dog!” Now suppose that the man ...

The United States has survived for almost 250 years because of the differences between democracy and a federal republic ...

Commitment to democracy under the structure of a republic creates rights and duties for elected representatives. Some are not ...

On March 23, the Reichstag delegates met across the street from the burned ruins of the Reichstag in the Kroll Opera House.

America’s Founding Fathers didn’t envision the U.S. as a bureaucracy or a democracy. They envisioned it as a republic—defined by James Madison as “a government which derives all its powers ...

I have long admired American preachers and writers in whose work faith played a central role, from Unitarians like Ralph ...

For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously ...

Americans have tuned out the phrase "threat to democracy." While we are facing real threats, not all President Trump's actions are undemocratic.