On this President’s Day weekend, as we honor the sacrifices of two of America’s grestest revolutionary leaders, the Institute invites you to join in an engaging forum on the driving principles behind ...

In the first of three analyses, North Carolinians are united on the importance of certain rights and liberties, but the principle of citizenship significantly divides partisans SALISBURY — As the ...

There has been much talk about democracy lately. When we think about democracy’s origins, we automatically point to our 18th-century founding fathers. Yet more than a century before, Adriaen van der ...

From an Institute for Free Speech symposium on the 50th anniversary of Buckley, which I'll be cross-posting over the next couple of weeks; this is by Jeff Milyo, professor of economics and the ...

Despite the recent political and civic turmoil, Americans must recommit to the core tenets of democratic liberalism in order to ensure a free and open society, individual liberty, and equality under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States has one of the oldest constitutions still in effect, but it can seem hard to find true believers. Republicans ...

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan C. Stokes traces the recent erosion of democracies around the world, including the United ...

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while, and a conversation in the Domestic Consequences threat finally inspired me to write it up. My question is, what do you think was the point of no return ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each of these incidents could be viewed in isolation as discrete policy disputes or passing political storms. But beneath them ...

The first two months of the new year have shaken American political and civic life. The immigration crackdown in Minneapolis that led to two deaths and thousands of arrests sparked widespread public ...