Tag: Democracy

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

The Iran crisis is bigger than the nuclear program

Sofey Saidi · July 21, 2026 8:00 am

A man holds a poster of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Rome just asked the Iran question Trump can no longer ignore

Nasser Razii · July 20, 2026 11:00 am

Col. John Nixon at the Pennsylvania State House sharing with the men, women and children — gathered to hear the announcement that the 13 colonies had declared themselves independent states (image public domain).

Recite the creed. Save the country

Sam Abrams · July 17, 2026 4:00 pm

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) peers over at someone in her white suit jacket.

In defense of nepotism in the US Senate

Timothy P. Carney · July 17, 2026 5:15 am

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The questions ‘democratic socialists’ keep dodging

Eric Patterson · July 15, 2026 7:00 am

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi D-CA).

Pelosi’s Democrats against democracy

Timothy P. Carney · July 12, 2026 6:00 am

Protestors gather outside of Columbia University's Butler Library after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the space on May 07, 2025 in New York City. Crowds of protesters grew as a standoff with security and a group calling themselves "Columbia University Apartheid Divest" at the library continued into the evening. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Noah Rothman’s ‘Blood and Progress’ shines a light on left-wing violence

Carl Paulus · July 12, 2026 5:45 am

Labour Party's Andy Burnham stands beside candidate Count Binface.

Who is Count Binface? The very British candidate who could find himself in a face-off with Nigel Farage

Sophia Mandt · July 7, 2026 5:58 pm

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic raises a fist with a plastered smile.

Serbia and Georgia aren’t our friends. They’re authoritarian regimes courting Trump

Keti Korkiya, Ivana Stradner · July 2, 2026 10:00 am

The light in the cupola of the Capitol Dome is illuminated

We know how to hold elections. We’ve forgotten how to transmit a republic

Samuel J. Abrams · July 1, 2026 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump behind a U.S. flag.

Beautiful, but no utopia: Three wishes for America’s 250th birthday

David W. Wang · June 30, 2026 11:00 am

No Kings march protester yelling

Why is the world’s greatest nation so miserable at 250?

Dan Perry · June 29, 2026 10:00 am