A nation should be concerned when it seems its leader has tired of the grueling work of democracy. One of the most remarkable and frightening aspects of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address was ...

The protection of extramural speech may be necessary, but academics should acknowledge the magnitude of the privilege they’re claiming, Deepa Das Acevedo writes. (I say “as far as we know” because ...

This new article is here. The Introduction: Free speech absolutism has seemingly had its day, inasmuch as scholarly and public (if not judicial) opinion are increasingly hostile to the idea that more ...

His contemporaries hardly knew what to make of him. Their bewilderment is reflected in the name by which he is best known to us: the “dog shogun.” Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, born in 1646, became shogun by ...

And what else you need to know today. By David Leonhardt Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. In a public health emergency, absolutism is a very tempting response: People should cease ...