Charlie Kirk’s death is a tragedy and the latest example of violence creeping into our politics. What we’re seeing has been a long time coming, driven by decades of careless chatter and selfish ...

This is a column about how to become involved in politics. Wait! Keep reading! Yes, you! Even if you've never voted, contributed to a candidate, or feel that politics is, like sex and religion, just ...

Peace, Hölderlin suggests, begins as language—as a promise that holds. A few weeks after the protests erupted across Iran at the end of 2025, schools reopened in person. When I walked into my ...

Language politics in Tamil Nadu is rooted in law, history and current policy disputes. Here’s how it continues to shape ...

"The first edition of Language and Minority Rights, an outstanding interdisciplinary analysis of the questions and issues concerning minority language rights in modern nation-states, is now regarded ...

If you have sensed that our politicians are using more vulgarity in public discourse in the past 10 years, you are right. In the past, politicians only occasionally used slang or made a quick ...

In today's post, I will present a general theory of liberalism and conservatism that incorporates modern social science research. I will begin with examples of liberal and conservative attitudes in ...