That view jars with the impression conveyed by another, far more conspicuous, trend: the rise of Chinese nationalism. In ...

Richard Haass’ book “The Bill of Obligations ... the greater good prevails. A weakened democracy, in contrast, lacks those safeguards. To that end, the United States has persevered for ...

About a month after turning 100 years old, former President Jimmy Carter received his 10th Grammy Award nomination for his ...

Why is it that the issues that most of the public agrees with — healthcare, living wages, voting rights, democracy — why is ...

Looking at constituencies or issues misses the big point. On Tuesday, nihilism was on display, even a death wish, in a society wrought by cynicism.

By “the system,” voters didn’t mean democracy (although we may get the end of that ... Rebooting The American Dream was a ...

In 2016, we could all pretend that Trump was an aberration. Not this time. People knew exactly what they were voting for.

So, Democrats, stop agonizing about 2024, and start organizing for 2026. Start recruiting, fundraising and targeting. It beats the wringing of hands and the pointing of fingers.

How could Americans be such nice and decent people and support someone so debasing, so deranged, so hate-filled? It was the ...

There have been so many attempts to explain away Trump's hold on the nation's politics and cultural imagination, to reinterpret him as aberrant and temporary. "Normalizing" Trump became an affront ...

His direct threat to try to end or suspend the Constitution was largely a one-off. But the 2024 campaign was thick with his ...