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Sidney Verba, who died recently at the age of 86, was a political scientist best known for his work on democracy—specifically, why some democracies thrive while others fall.

The comedian frontrunner in Ukraine’s presidential election is no joke. He may even be the most rational choice for voters fed up with corruption.

Thailand’s upcoming elections are the latest clash in a complex power game between rival elites—and a reminder that the trappings of democracy are not always what they seem.

Macron’s ideology prevents him from grasping an important truth: Sometimes there are no “win-win” solutions.

As is the case elsewhere these days, corporate interests are in, worker safety, environmental stewardship, fairness, common sense, and facts are out.

The movement to destroy sexual shame comes with a social cost.

Our tradition of free debate, the sine qua non of democratic life, is increasingly under attack in academia, the media, and politics.

The two-party monopoly has abjectly failed the American people. The Alliance Party has a better way forward.

Robert M. Kaplan’s More Than Medicine offers a genteel, scholarly presentation of the dumpster fire that is the American health care system, but he fails to place blame for it squarely where it belongs: the U.S. health care business model.