It has of late become en vogue, at least in some circles, to claim that the United States, rather than a democracy is, in fact, a republic. This begs the question: What’s the difference? Recently, I ...

Travellers encounter political systems through national symbols. A republic lacks a monarch, while a democracy derives power ...

The words we use can make a difference in the way we think. For instance, I have received more than one email talking about “demonrats” instead of Democrats. “Republicans” can be mutated into ...

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 ...

America is both a democracy and a republic. Citizens hold supreme power, and so America is a republic. At the same time, it is obviously a representative democracy. Moreover, they have nominated ...

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan speaks with Trump supporters rejecting President Biden's "protecting democracy" platform by saying the U.S. is a republic, not a democracy. "America's not a democracy, it's a ...

I notice that the word Democracy is misused and misunderstood and at times toxic - because most of the electorate doesn't know its true meaning. "Democracy" was the term Aristotle used to describe a ...

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Ask almost any ...