This country is not a democracy.  It’s a democratic republic.  I’m not sure that most Americans even know what that means.  In a nutshell it’s majority rule under law, which is supposed to prevent large groups from making decisions that go against our core principles (our laws, the Constitution, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, […]

I wasn’t really planning on doing anything heavy today, but then I realized what day it is, and decided to make note of it. 222 years ago today, the best blueprint for a government ever devised by man was ratified on this day in 1787.After a long, hot summer of contentious debate, the delegates emerged […]