Democracy is often called the best system of government, but it’s also one of the most contradictory. In this video, JJ McCullough explains six major paradoxes that define how democracies function.

Before politics became polarized, there was a time when liberalism meant optimism, compromise, and progress. This video looks back at the mid-20th century — an era of booming economies, rising living ...

Monday's summit reminded once more that Canada does not loom quite as large in the American attention span as Canadians expect. My lifetime has overlapped with at least one spectacular act of Quebec ...