Editors’ note: “Democracy in America: a symposium” examines the status of popular sovereignty in the United States today, nearly two centuries after the seminal work of the political theorist Alexis ...

One sign that a fundamental change is in the offing would be a new commitment to free speech. Unfortunately, that is one traditional liberal virtue that is under greater siege today than at any time ...

The University of Pennsylvania has decided to suspend Professor Amy Wax next year at half pay, despite the lack of evidence ...

In her book The Sovereignty of Good, the philosopher Iris Murdoch writes, “To do philosophy is to explore one’s own temperament, and yet at the same time to attempt to discover the truth.” If this is ...

Birds and Beasts of the Studio” at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York.

Poets and Lovers” at the National Gallery, London.