Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
How Presidential Debates Have Rigged The Election
by Alexandra Shapiro. Suppose Congress passed a law that said only Democrats and Republicans can ever be president of the United States. You don’t need to be a lawyer to know this would be unconstitutional — and completely antithetical to what a democracy is supposed to be about. In our form of government, people get to choose their leaders. ... MOREVIDEO: Quiz - Why Are We Celebrating Independence Day?
A commentary on democracy that explains why we have the government we do.
Ed Feulner: 'We The People'
Are we up to the challenge of self-government? “We the People.” We’ve heard that phrase so often it’s easy to overlook its significance. But as we mark our nation’s birthday, we should take a moment to ask ourselves: What is the role of the people? Our nation is unique because of its universal founding principles. At the heart ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Chaos In The Primaries
Rationality in politics is a formidable long shot. Painful as it is to realize that both the Democrats and the Republicans will still be holding their primaries a year from now, that is one of the high prices we pay for democracy. Seldom does the initial "front-runner" in either party's primaries end up being the actual candidate when election ... MOREWalter E Williams: What's Gone Wrong With Democracy?
Majority rule can be dangerous. The Economist magazine recently published "What's gone wrong with Democracy ... and what can be done to revive it?" The suggestion is that democracy is some kind of ideal for organizing human conduct. That's a popular misconception. The ideal way to organize human conduct is to create a system that maximizes ... MORECan the West Stand Up for Free Speech?
by Victor Davis Hanson. The principle is clear. Western civilization’s creed is free thought and expression, the lubricant of everything from democracy to human rights. Even a simpleton in the West accepts that protecting free expression is not the easy task of ensuring the right to read Homer’s Iliad or do the New York Times crossword puzzle. ... MOREWhy The Founders Didn’t Give Us A Democracy
by Keith Weiner. As the famous story goes, when Ben Franklin left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia had a question she wanted answered. “Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” No one today (well, seemingly ... MORE
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