When devising the executive branch of government in 1789 the founding fathers of the American constitution were anxious to avoid creating an all-powerful monarch like the English king from whom they ...

Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant and eight other people, including his daughter. The Los Angeles Lakers organization and the ...

Such arguments can be found, for example, in the writings of the 14th-century Arabic philosopher Ibn Khaldun and those of the 18th-century French writer Montesquieu. The details vary but the gist ...