Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. I respectfully disagree with K. Van Dyke's recent letter (Feb. 7) claiming that our nation is a ...

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 ...

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.” ...