The act of violence almost 150 years ago effectively gave birth to the civil service, that class of nonpartisan experts who ...

There’s a popular belief that a good leader will win an election for their party, while a bad one will lose it. The numbers ...

America’s early leaders were worried not only about demagogues like Donald Trump, but about the rise of an antidemocratic, ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.