As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, the Moultonborough Library invites the community to look closer at democracy.

“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 ...

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Perfect spring sunshine beamed down on King Charles III and Queen Camilla as they slowly made their way down the sloping lawn ...

If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is ...

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: An important (and harsh) lesson I’ve learned over the past decade is that the virtues of political and economic ...

Democracy is backsliding. Valery Perry joins us to discuss threats abroad—and here at home. With one in three global elections contested and turnout falling, democracy is in retreat. Valery Perry, ...

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President Trump’s new tariffs are poised to wreak havoc on U.S. and global markets. Experts are baffled, stock markets are reeling, and uncertainty is peaking. Whether tariffs are good policy or not ...

“Let me tell you about the very rich,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. “They are different from you and me.” Sure, Ernest Hemingway supposedly countered: “They have more money.” But to many today, that is ...

Professor Ober will discuss the long history of approaches to the education of democratic citizens, the recent developments in civic education in colleges and universities, and why civic education ...

Let me be clear: I am a woman of deep faith. I believe in the power of prayer, the importance of community and the need for spiritual guidance in uncertain times. But what I do not believe in — and ...