Jim Ketchum: With America's two parties, democracy only goes so far Port Huron Times Herald Say what you will about democracy in America, neither major party is interested in seeing democracy get out of hand behind a strong third party movement. Let's be reasonable. There is only so much power, influence and money to go around. |
Leftists continue to misuse and undermine American exceptionalism Human Events Tocqueville is often given credit as the originator of the term because he wrote in his famous treatise Democracy in America, “The position of the Americans is therefore quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be ... |
Actor, director Matthew Modine to share ideas, ideals and short films at AFI ... Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online This idea, this experiment that we called democracy in America — the great experiment — is something that we fight for and that we struggle to define every day. You see now the Constitution has changed over the years with the abolition of slavery, ... |
New Yorker | The Dictator Nouse He states emphatically “you don't know how good you've got it” referring to the values which underpin democracy in America and contrasting it to his dictatorship and the ease with which a dictator can go to war with any country of his choosing. Movie review: The Dictator Fraser Coast Chronicle Hail to The Dictator Edmonton Journal all 711 news articles » |
Democracy in America Orlando Sentinel WASHINGTON -- The Washington of conventional wisdom and the real Washington are two entirely different places. The Washington of conventional wisdom is overrun by well-paid insiders -- lobbyists, lawyers, publicists -- who systematically manipulate ... and more » |
Chicago Tribune | Word power Chicago Tribune Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"; "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman; and Richard Ford's trilogy, "The Sportswriter," "Independence Day" and "The Lay of the Land." In order to understand America, you need to understand three things: its origins, ... and more » |
Are making people better and making money mutually exclusive? Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants This point was raised much more eloquently when, in his 1840 treatise Democracy in America, de Tocqueville famously stated that our nation is preferentially biased towards economic equality through freedom of opportunity. That is, the ultimate goal is ... |
REAL AMERICA WND.com Alexis de Tocqueville, who wrote “Democracy in America” in 1835/40, said of our early national history: “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” After studying America and its government, ... |
How to Win a Pulitzer: The Lowbrow Reader Bombsite Were The Lowbrow Reader to transition to the electronic world, democracy in America would (probably) not be put at risk. But I think it would be less interesting to read and work on. —A lot of artists dabble in different mediums. |
Congress Cans the Constitution, as Chicago Police Abduct Activists truthout Is it too generous to say that democracy in America hangs by a thread? The America I know wasn't intimidated: thousands have mobilized all over the country to defend their rights. Dozens of Occupy sites joined with Tea Party chapters in national days ... and more » |
