Here’s a gag that could apply at any point in our modern history, but it’s particularly timely now, given our concerns about Merrick Garland and the invisible set of procedures that are supposedly taking place within the walls of the …
Tag: democracy
Students Risk Punishment for Joining Gun Control Protests
Imagine you’re a high school administrator. The children in your charge are miffed that their schools have become killing fields, but that anger pales in comparison to the rage they feel that the grownups charged with the duty to keep …
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Tagged with: broken government, democracy, God-given rights, ostensible democracy, teachable moments
Democracy Matters
Here’s a good essay question that could be a part of a college entrance application: Given the facts presented on the left, which country would you suspect has a stronger democracy?
Alexis de Tocqueville Would Have Written: “Oligarchy in America”
It’s the birthday of French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville who came to the U.S. about half a century after it was formed to observe and critique its fledgling democracy. Amazed with what he saw, he wrote in his book Democracy in America (1835): “There …
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We’ve Long Understood the Value of Education To a Democracy
It’s the birthday of the father of American public education, Horace Mann, who left us with this: “Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark, all is deluge.”
Our Energy Policy Should Be Rooted in Logic
I just started a fine historic novel that my brother gave me for Christmas, The Hangman’s Daughter; the first 100 pages are really good. In addition to the story itself, a murder mystery set in mid-17th Century Bavaria, the author …
Feeling Patriotic? Why Not Let Your Voice Be Heard?
A friend of mine has a T-shirt that defines the word “patriotism” as “not letting our leaders ruin our country by ignoring the principles on which it was founded.” Food for thought as we go into the 4th of July …
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Tagged with: Bill Ritter, carbon tax, Colorado, democracy, oil company lobbies, patriotic, patriotism, special interests
May We Have Our Democracy Back, Please?
Just when you thought every piece of news you were going to come across today was bad, here’s a shining star for those of us who care about the quality of the democracy under which we live. Two-thirds of Americans …
