After the Nazis were defeated in World War II, Germany adopted a policy called “streitbare Demokratie,” or “defensive democracy.” The idea was that protecting German democracy required stripping Nazis of their rights and effectively erasing the Nazi era from history, given the obvious dangers of Nazism. Part of this effort was called denazification. Presently, newspapers […]

Before I give you the lowdown on what 2021 is going to bring you, I have to make a confession: I am now a political orphan. I am a man without a home politics-wise. You see, I grew up in Boston, literally the most liberal, progressive city this side of the the Mississippi River. I […]

On Wednesday, rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in a failed attempt to overturn the results of a democratic presidential election with violence. This was the first time since the British invaded the United States during the War of 1812 that the heart of American democracy has been assaulted. It was an act of insurrection. […]