Democracy can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ...

Throughout the 2025 legislative session the question was asked over and over and over again: Should the Legislature take ...

Democracy can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ruling out of the hands of ordinary citizens and puts it in the hands of ...

I was energised to pen this piece after having read with interest several articles in the press. One of them was an article ...

Drones are no more invasive than a police officer using binoculars from a rooftop or traffic helicopter. What matters is how ...

I have come to think that representative systems in a hierarchy are probably the least-bad implementation of democracy/republic. If I only am electing local members, and then they are responsible ...

Press Democrat readers comment on federal budget cuts, and more ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan believes the accountability measure would drive the city's government efficiency and deliver better ...

French MPs will on Tuesday vote on two landmark bills on palliative care and assisted dying. They're the result of months of ...

Congressman Mike Flood has recently faced criticism for comments made during town hall meetings in our state. While it is ...

In the pages of this newspaper, I read with dismay of school budgets rejected and of schools closed — budget after budget, school after school. What is this madness, that sweeps our state with the ...

Rather than dismantling barriers to entry, reserved seats may inadvertently reinforce them. They send an unspoken message ...