Editor: The exercise of governmental power can be benevolent. But in our current circumstances, the power of the U.S. government is being wielded by men who are power-drunk.Adam Smith described this ...

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton’s warning from 1887 is more than a historical footnote — it’s a mirror held up to our present moment. Across ...

For me, the most remarkable thing about Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance at a Los Angeles court, to answer questions about the addictive aspects of social media, was that he was there at ...

Growing up, I remember my grandfather saying, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Back then, I thought it was just another cryptic adult expression meant to confuse children—or worse, bore them.

I am sickened by the administration's recently released National Security Strategy that announces explicitly what we already know — that the administration intends to abandon its allies and the rule ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. This week, Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy spoke with ...

The question of how best to eliminate corruption has exercised the minds of philosophers as much as the practical drafters of legislation from Ancient Greek and Roman times. Within the political ...