Democracy

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Ageing Matilda and the threat to democracy

Luke Kemp | 30 April 2013 |

tags: Australian politics, democracy, intergenerational equity

A young Australian argues that youth interests need protection against an emerging gerontocracy.

Will Malaysia’s elections bring an Asian Spring?

Tim Lee | 19 April 2013 |

tags: Arab Spring, democracy, Malaysia

Citizens are weary of the politics of patronage, giving the opposition a fighting chance to win.

Should 16-year-olds be able to vote?

Shawn Murphy | 02 November 2012 |

tags: democracy, franchise, Scotland, teenagers

Scotland's 16 and 17-year-olds will be casting their votes in a referendum on independence. Why not elsewhere?

Will Salafism blight the Arab Spring?

Kamran Bokhari | 04 October 2012 |

tags: Arab Spring, democracy, Islam, Salafism

An austere and aloof movement within Islam could derail democratic gains.

Chaos on the streets of Montreal

Margaret Somerville | 12 June 2012 |

tags: Canada, democracy, Quebec

This summer’s puzzling and sometimes violent protests may foreshadow what could happen in democratic societies without a consensus on values.

What is there to hide?

Margaret Somerville | 04 June 2012 |

tags: abortion, Canada, democracy, privacy

Canadian democracy is the loser after Ontario amended its freedom of information act to exempt abortion statistics.

Abdicating the rule of law

James S. Cole | 07 March 2012 |

tags: 2012 elections, democracy, US

The Obama Administration and some state officials are ruling by executive decree. Would the Founding Fathers have approved?

From law to decree

Angelo M. Codevilla | 21 February 2012 |

tags: democracy, Obama politics, rule of law

Obama's health care act shows that decrees issued by government bureaucrats have displaced the rule of law.

How hedonism became America’s official religion

Jennifer Roback Morse | 09 February 2012 |

tags: democracy, Obama politics, religion

An edict from the Obama administration has ended the American experiment in religious liberty.

A moral roadmap for European renewal

Alejo Jose G. Sison | 16 December 2011 |

tags: democracy, European identity, natural law

Nothing less than a return to the foundations of justice in nature and reason will do.

Are character strengths enough?

Kevin Ryan | 14 October 2011 |

tags: character education, democracy, moral relativism

Teaching virtues to school children is only one part of handing on our moral heritage.

Democracy in peril: Egypt’s handling of Coptic unrest

Anthony Billingsley | 13 October 2011 |

tags: Coptic Christians, democracy, Egypt, religious freedom, tolerance

Formerly the heroes of Tahrir Square, the military are now being viewed differently.

Home truths for a liberal society

Sergio Belardinelli | 04 August 2011 |

tags: democracy, family, liberalism

The family is the place where society nurtures the values essential for an ordered civic life.

An agenda for the Silent Generation

Kevin Ryan | 02 August 2011 |

tags: democracy, education reform, young adult

There is no shortage of issues awaiting the attention of the under-40s.

Promoting democracy abroad

Carson Holloway | 07 April 2011 |

tags: democracy, Middle East, US foreign policy

Is America morally obliged to support democratic movements in the Middle East - or anywhere?

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