W. B. Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” has long captivated and bewildered readers with its mystical symbolism and imagery. These metaphors and motifs have invited debates between readers since the …
The Influence of Race in Americans’ Trust of Government
Scholars have long emphasized the role that public trust has in strengthening democracy (Barnard 2001; Buchanan 2002; Citrin 1974; Dahl 1971; Lipset 1959). In his recent book entitled Can Governments …
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Jefferson and Tocqueville on Christian Nationalism
Introduction The influence of Christianity persists in America despite a decline in the number of churchgoers and those who identify themselves as Christian.[1] Given this context, the contemporary …
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A Guide for our Times: Herbert Hoover’s Critique of Supreme Court Expansion
On April 15, 2021, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) introduced the Judiciary Act of 2021 to their respective chambers of Congress. This piece of legislation would add …
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Critique of Hayek’s Liberalism and the Rule of Law
Andrew Farrant and Edward McPhail note that in 2010 under Obama’s administration the popularity of Hayek’s Road to Serfdom dramatically spiked (Farrant and McPhail 2010). As a result of this increased …
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Dividing Democracy: Three Arguments for States’ Rights
Today, many perceive states’ rights as an obsolete or unjust political doctrine. Indeed, in serving as an ideological basis against centralized national power and helping to preserve slavery and …
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Compass is an online journal that provides a space for the work of talented undergraduates who have original and well-articulated insights on important ideas and issues relating to American democracy understood in the broad contexts of political philosophy, history, literature, economics, and culture.