BOGOTÁ — We are living in extraordinary times, there’s no doubt about it. And a part of the exceptional nature of our times is that we are witnessing the end of democracy, or rather, its progressive ...

Twenty-six states have the initiative petition option. On the service it sounds like a good old American idea of democracy at work. Good intentions pave the road to hell. Our founding fathers were ...

During the reign of the mob in our nation’s 1910s, ’20s and ’30s, a member of the mob would go to a legitimate businessman and offer a deal. The mob would provide protection from violence if the ...

Ochlocracy. Now, there’s a classic $10 word common from the American founding era that should make a comeback. (But probably ...

Re: “Majority rule lacks the science,” Opinion, Dec. 23: Alan Preston makes a number of claims in this commentary. There is a lot to unpack. He states, “If a majority of voters decide that marijuana ...

Main Street: Joe Biden may be in for a rerun of 1968, with a ruinous Democratic Chicago convention. Image: Jaime Carrero/ZUMA Press Wire The anti-Israel—and often antisemitic—protests sweeping college ...