The strange alliance between demagogues and despots ought to puzzle and worry every thinking person, and it needs to be understood.
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Rather than expressions of remorse, evidence of integrity should mitigate protester sentences.
The checks and balances that hold a functioning democracy together may be coming under threat in the US.
Ideas about softness and weakness, hardship and strength, have been central to reactionary politics since the beginning of human history.
The study of martial arts involves physical training − but also raises larger questions about ethics and what justifies the use of force.
Augustine had divisive opinions – and didn’t mind sharing them. But his writing also has lessons about talking to people who don’t see eye to eye.
The founders saw a need for government to intervene in markets.
Russell Blackford’s How We Became Post-Liberal purports to offer a detached, historical account of why liberalism is in trouble.
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, now 94, is a thinker of global significance. Duncan Ivison explains two of his most important ideas.
Opposition forces in France are using the president’s unpopularity to push for a new constitution. It’s a dangerous game.
When everything is seen as political – indictments, Supreme Court decisions, scientific findings – a democracy may be on its way to fascism.
A new book analyses the Labour politician’s prolific political writing.
What would moralists and realists say about the UK’s recent political turmoil?
The explicitly anti-democratic movement seems to have the ear of a major GOP donor – along with at least two GOP front-runners for the US Senate.
The prime minister accepts he broke the law but the question now becomes, did he mislead parliament about it?
The turn towards neofascism is a natural result of so-called western liberal democracy.
From tennis players to government officials, double standards in law have big-picture consequences.
Some people may be spiteful to pull others down, while others act this way to get ahead.
Is a second wave of coronavirus the price of freedom?
A political philosopher on why denying the right to resistance poses a far greater threat to a society than embracing it.
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