I just spent a week in Florida staying with a very pro-Trump friend. In the last week, I watched a…
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War and truth are often at odds. Truth shows the hideousness of war. It is despised by politicians because it…
Super Tuesday just passed, but there are already clear frontrunner candidates for the presidential election. Also, we will likely never…
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In the Western world, nearly all of our political discourse revolves around the concept of freedom. Ideas like freedom, liberty…
An essential element of a democratic society is the universal tolerance of all political perspectives. Through tolerance, interactions between the…
In attempting to moralize politics, the principles of democracy and multiculturalism are eroded. Morality is a product of culture, it…
The United States is the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. It is a nation built on the concept of universal political…
At OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION, we face a lot of skepticism. Some think America is too far gone to want a…
In the early decades of the 21st century, China has emerged as a serious contender for shaping the globe. America currently…