A revealing chant can be heard from the mobs invading the state capital in Madison, Wis.: "This is what democracy looks like." Indeed, the much-beloved "democracy" of our tumultuous times entails ...

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Everyone’s grasping around for the best historical Trump analogies. Nazi Germany still seems a little over-the-top to most people, although it’s certainly no longer crazy, depending on how you use it.

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Yesterday I posted an item about the challenge of calling the Trump era ...

Aref said the authorities should avoid demagoguery and instead focus on promoting rationality, empathy among different political groups and convergence of ideas among the elite, ISNA reported. He ...