As the 250th anniversary of our independence approaches, let us linger over the most important sentence that James Madison ever wrote, and the most relevant to the current moment. “The accumulation of ...

The proper balance of powers in the three branches of our federal government — judicial, legislative, and executive — is very important when it comes to safeguarding individual freedoms like religious ...

Rensselaer County department heads failed to show up for committee meetings; lawmakers need to hold County Executive Steve ...

It should be noted that democracy generally is predicated on the establishment and existence of strong institutions—the executive, legislature, judiciary, political parties, police, press, anti-graft ...