Democracy

Curing social ills is not just a matter of political desire, and having strong leaders does nothing to abate that. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Ahead of the Trend

Ahead of the Trend: Strong politicians and experts can't solve all our country's problems

Jerrod Laber · June 2, 2017 12:00 am

California gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, jokes with John Burton, chairman of the California Democratic Party, before addressing the California Democratic Party Convention, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Democratic battle cry in California: ‘F–k Donald Trump’

John Siciliano · May 21, 2017 8:03 pm

Safe for Democracy

Gary Schmitt · April 28, 2017 8:00 am

The Washington Post's Ed Rogers is a lobbyist for Raytheon, the manufacturer of the same Tomahawk missiles that rained hellfire down on Syria. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Raytheon’s war lobbyist, Ed Rogers, thrives in the opinion pages of the Washington Post

Philip Wegmann · April 13, 2017 9:34 pm

It's been four months since the November election yet, in many ways, the news media has failed to move on to other stories because it didn't get that story right.

This is what democracy looks like

Salena Zito · April 2, 2017 4:04 am

Police officers stand guard on a road leading to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 13. On Wednesday a man went on a deadly rampage, first driving a car into pedestrians then stabbing a police officer to death before being fatally shot by police within Parliament's grounds. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The real danger to democracy

Dan Hannan · March 27, 2017 4:05 am

There has never been much written on Tocqueville's wife. (Flickr/ C Smith)

Beltway Confidential

Madame de Tocqueville

Michael Barone · March 15, 2017 11:00 am

Trumpoplectic Tees

The Scrapbook · March 13, 2017 7:40 pm

The solution to famine, strange as it sounds, is democracy. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Famines are caused by awful governments — so stop giving those awful governments money

Dan Hannan · March 6, 2017 5:04 am

The Washington Post's overwrought platitude is a poor guide. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

The Washington Post forgets that American democracy was born in the darkness

Philip Wegmann · February 22, 2017 8:59 pm

Lawmakers to Reassure Allies With Trip to Russian Neighbors

Jenna Lifhits · February 17, 2017 7:31 pm

Murphy on Trump’s America: ‘I don’t think you can take democracy for granted’

Anna Giaritelli · February 3, 2017 1:36 am