For many years the two political parties gave voters a choice at each election, but nothing lasts forever. It is not a good sign for democracy that one of those parties now seems intent on self-destruction. The Republicans entrusted a … Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American author, philosopher, and transcendentalist, coined a famous phrase in one of his poems — “Things are in the saddle and ride mankind.” His implied preference, like his neighbor Thoreau, was for an austere natural simplicity … Continue reading
Politics at its worst can be a ruthless, cutthroat, and corrupting competition. This isn’t news. A long line of wits and cynics were perfectly aware of it. Ambrose Bierce called politics “a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of … Continue reading