On This Independence Day, American Democracy Seems Quite Fragile
On this, the 246th anniversary of America's birth, I worry that the country may forsake its birthright, democracy: "government of the people, by the people, and for the people," in Abraham Lincoln's famous phrase. Half the country believes that democracy won't survive the long term, and a substantial faction seems to have already lost faith in it, advoc…
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