In the weeks leading up to the impeachment proceedings, President Donald Trump and his supporters have claimed for their defense a central pillar of American government: democracy. Impeaching Trump is wrong, they argue, because it is anti-democratic. But impeachment is necessarily democratic at every step of the process.
According to new HPOP data, a sizable minority of young conservatives are moving away from the Republican party and leaving the political arena entirely due to their dislike of President Trump.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is right that the ghosts should not rule the living, but he is wrong to conjure them up. Instead, he should exorcise them once and for all.
While it is easy to attack people like Kim Davis, it is important to realize the profoundly difficult situation America's Christian Right is currently in.
