William Sartain, after Thomas Phillips, Portrait of Byron, 1868, Mezzotint, The Print Collection of the New York Public Library. “Byron: A Life in Motion,” at the New York Public Library’s Stephen A.
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 ...