
E. Donald Elliott
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II reminds us that “some achieve greatness,” as playwright William Shakespeare once wrote. Former President…
Often when politicians take actions to undermine democracy, they loudly proclaim that their actions are necessary to “save democracy.” It…
In the first article in this series, I argued that there really is a difference between the Right and the…
The Right doesn’t usually believe in unilateral disarmament — except when it comes to politics. The false idea, common among…
Two Harvard Law School professors, Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule, recently published a book with the intriguing title Law and…
In the hubbub over the Dobbs case overruling Roe v. Wade, many have overlooked the Supreme Court’s decision in West…
This is part two in a series on what’s not in the Constitution but should be. Part one can be…
The depression-era Louisiana demagogue, Huey P. Long, famously declared: “Every man a king!” I grant that his use of the…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a turning point in world history. But what will it mean for future generations? It could…
The oldest trick in the political book is to accuse your opponents of doing what you are actually doing yourself….