Dissatisfaction with the State of Democracy

Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup: A new low of 28% of U.S. adults are satisfied with the way democracy is working in the country. The current figure is down from the prior low — 35% measured shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by rioters trying...

Authoritarian Regression in Mexico

Nathan Gardels at Noema: Populists who fashion themselves as tribunes of the people have never met institutional checks and balances they can happily abide. Seeing themselves and their parties as embodiments of the majority will, any constraint on their power is...

Wisdom from John Adams

During the speakership debate today, Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado quoted John Adams: We may please ourselves with the prospect of free and popular Governments. But there is great Danger, that those Governments will not make us happy. God grant they may. But I fear,...