People everywhere are down on democracy, especially the youth. So rampant is democratic indifference and disengagement among millennials that a shocking share of them are open to trying something new – like a military coup. Harvard University researcher Yascha Mounk…

“The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honour you can bestow on him. It means that you recognise his superiority to yourself.” Joseph Sobran, (1946-2010) Columnist. Source: Universal Press Syndicate. Source Reference Joseph Sobran Quote

During a recent speech in Washington U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito suggested that religious freedom might be “in greater danger” than the right to free speech. “I am reminded of a song by the latest recipient of the Nobel…

“Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.” Jan C. Smuts, (1870-1950) South African and British Commonwealth politician and military leader, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939-48),…

Big tornadoes are coming in bigger and bigger swarms. The number of twisters in extreme, multi-tornado outbreaks are increasing. And scientists aren’t sure why. The quantity of killer tornadoes in big outbreaks have doubled since the mid-1960s, according to a…

“The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.” James Fenimore Cooper, (1789-1851) American Novelist. Source: The American Democrat, XIV, 1838. Source Reference James Fenimore Cooper Quote

Pope Francis confirmed that he will visit Ireland in August of 2018. Roman Catholic Irish head of government Taoisigh Enda Kenny was on hand at the Vatican to receive the confirmation. The pope had already announced that he or his…

“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950) Irish comic dramatist. Source Reference George Bernard Shaw Quote

Just before the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Paris agreement to combat climate change, Pope France gave a speech on one of the core principles of his Papacy to the members of the Pontifical Academy of Science (PAS),…

“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”…

As fires raged in Gatlinburg, dozens of tornados ripped through parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, on Wednesday November 30, some of them deadly. At least five people were killed and more than a dozen more were injured as…

“Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.” Fisher Ames, (1758-1808), American statesman, orator and political writer. Source Reference Fisher Ames Quote