TLR continues to ponder the question of what makes democracy so attractive and so enduring … and, more recently, so unstable (having discussed “The Widening Partisan Divide” here, America’s “Degenerative Democracy” here, and “America’s Broken Constitution” here).  What is the secret ingredient that has made...

The enactment by the Biden Administration of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) was a victory for labor over capitalists capital, one that many Americans believe created unintentional consequences for American businesses.  Those consequences, however, were very much intended.  They are an integral part...

The 13 American Colonies determined more than 230 years ago the kind of democracy they wanted for themselves and their children.  Their Democratic Experiment worked for more than two centuries.  It’s not working now.  Today’s American leaders – and America’s voters – are facing the...