Until 16 months ago, the core question of the 2016 presidential campaign — over and above matters of justice and fairness, peace and war and the survival of the planet — was whether we the people of the United States of America would choose a qualified...

Traditionally, most American presidential elections are not determined by voter concerns about foreign policy and which candidate can better keep America safe. To the extent that voters cast their ballots based on candidate issue-positions, as opposed...

I recall long ago reading Louis Hartz’s classic 1955 work “The Liberal Tradition in America,” which argued that the United States has been blessed with a relatively consensus-based political culture grounded in the liberal democratic principles...