The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

I have noted an uptick in various persons reminding me (and you) that the United States is not a democracy. I've heard it from political panels on TV, during interviews with politicians, and most ...

“Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone loses, they say democracy died. Here’s the twist most civics classes rush ...

Here is what our founding fathers thought of democracies. James Madison: “In a pure democracy … there is nothing to check the inducement to sacrifice the weaker party or the obnoxious individual.” ...

America’s armed forces swear allegiance not to a man, not to a party, but to the Constitution of the United States. That oath ...

They hate it when you do that. The latest example was earlier this week, when we ran a column on our website from our sister paper, The Sacramento Bee, titled: “Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in ...