The principles of the Athenian democracy, including citizen participation, equality and free speech, are still what we need the most.
Better than any other liberal, Tocqueville understood the importance of ensuring that the collective business of society is ...
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The Russian Bolsheviks cemented their power after the October revolution and the civil war that followed, thanks to bloody ...
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Yale Law professor Amy Chua cruised to wide attention several years ago for a supposedly satirical book about shaping her kids into child prodigies with brutal hazing. She recently wrote another book ...
David Somerville: The first thing we did was scrawl a whole bunch of words and images on a whiteboard. One set of images depicted conspicuous consumption: an overflowing bottle of champagne that’s ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write from the left on politics and policy. The quest for influence, power and control at all levels of government has long ...
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Come May 19, when Meghan Markle walks down the aisle of St. George's Chapel to officially join the royal family, there will be very few people able to relate to the experiences being had by the ...