Showing posts with label Thomas Jefferson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Jefferson. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

What's wrong with democracy?

My piece on the problems of democracy is up at the Daily Caller.

A few snippets:
America is a democratic republic. But today, any mention of the republican nature of our democracy has all but disappeared from the public square. Indeed the very idea of a republic has fallen into disrepute. 
Why?