Editors’ note: “Democracy in America: a symposium” examines the status of popular sovereignty in the United States today, nearly two centuries after the seminal work of the political theorist Alexis ...
It’s not unthinkable that you would find an anonymous, rolled-up painting—at a flea market, say—and hang it up in your home for a splash of color. But it’s pretty unusual to discover later on that the ...
One sign that a fundamental change is in the offing would be a new commitment to free speech. Unfortunately, that is one traditional liberal virtue that is under greater siege today than at any time ...