Mercyhurst University professor and political science department chair Joseph Morris views a particular course as the most important he teaches. His Introduction to American Government class is an ...

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 ...

It is not uncommon to hear the opinion that our democracy is under attack today. Basically, a democracy is a form of government where political power is vested in the people. It is where people can ...

Wednesday is Constitution Day, the date on which that venerable document was signed by the delegates to the convention that ...

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.” ...

Writing from Paris, I ponder the notion that, next year, America celebrates its first quarter of a millennium as a republic ...

In certain corners of the media, conservative Christians pose the greatest threat to the American experiment. But that is a ...