The Conservative Critique

Tag: Democracy

  • Things to be Thankful for this Thanksgiving

    Today is thanksgiving, the day traditionally set aside to commemorate the feast between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in 1621. We live in a much different world than the first Thanksgiving revelers. Since then, their descendants rose up against British tyranny and proclaimed a new nation. Civil war scorched the land yet the republic came…

  • Democracy Worldwide: Unrest in Hong Kong escalates as Beijing’s response looms

    Democracy Worldwide: Unrest in Hong Kong escalates as Beijing’s response looms

    The semiautonomous city of Hong Kong has been rocked by protests for the 9th straight week. What began as a protest against an extradition proposal has become a wide-ranging offensive for democracy. On the ground, the situation gets more volatile by the day. Demonstrators have converged on the Hong Kong airport and will remain there…

  • Democracy Worldwide: Authoritarian crackdown in Russia

    Democracy Worldwide: Authoritarian crackdown in Russia

    Old liberalism never really sunk in in Russia. When the winds of freedom swept over Europe in the 19th century, Eastern Europe was only minimally touched. Through the strong hand of the state, the Russian people were kept down. Only in 1860s was serfdom abolished. Even when reformers such as Czar Alexander II were in…