With August 2 looming, the debate over raising the debt ceiling has become almost passé. Economists of all political stripes have issued their dire warnings, with few dissents from any legitimate experts. Political commentators have provided blow-by-blow descriptions of the behind-the-scenes drama, such as it is. Pundits have offered their explanations of why the […]
Archives for July 2011
Too Broken to Fix? The Case for a New Constitution
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” -Winston Churchill I’m not about to dispute Churchill’s observation, but the truth is that America’s great experiment in republican democracy has reached a point of self-destruction. It can’t be fixed. It needs to be junked. The country’s constitution drafters did a […]