To the Editor:
Can it be? Democracy is dead. Oh no, heaven help us. Never mind that the word democracy does not appear in our founding documents or in the original constitutions of the 50 states, and with good reason. The founders understood and disdained democracy as basically majority rule with no protections for the minority always leading to tyranny over its own voters. Lenin and Chairman Mao understood this all too well.
Our republic, despite its flaws, has the genius of checks and balances within the three branches of governments, with…
November 20, 2024
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