Revenge of the Sith, there’s still one aspect of Anakin Skywalker’s story that just doesn’t sit right with me.

Anakin’s scar, earned in a battle against a skilled Sith, gives a subtle glimpse into the future that awaits him at the end ...

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The 23 million people of Taiwan live in a vigorous democracy on a series of islands off the coast of China. They received one of the best scores in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy ...

Our political parties are more of personality cults than being places of real debate. Places where ideological thought and opinion is fostered. True, what we think of parties are but amalgamations ...

Constitutional Crisis and the Erosion of Checks and Balances A fact not enough people realize is that our constitutional democracy is fragile. It requires three co-equal branches of government with ...

They will not even be able to participate in meetings. It is a murder of democracy.” BJP Karnataka President B.Y. Vijayendra questioned the Speaker’s decision, calling it undemocratic. “What mistake ...

The House of Lords was thrown into “chaos” after democracy campaigners started chanting and throwing leaflets into the debating chamber. Stunned peers looked on as the protesters shouted ...

Pro-democracy activists discovered that politicians and government officials had met in secret to discuss draft revisions at a five-star hotel in South Jakarta on March 15. Dominique Nicky ...

For International Day of Happiness, DW asked young people if they can still be happy despite global warming, wars, the rising ... being a threat for democracy. "The solution is to put happiness ...