Democracy in Danger

“One sees by experience in our times that the princes who have done great things are those who have taken little account of faith and have known how to get around men ‘s brains with their astuteness”.[1] This observation may seem to come from a populist think tank but it is from 1532 (Machiavelli,  The…

Since regaining the presidency in 2025, Donald Trump and his allies have launched a devastating attack on American democracy.   The targets of this attack are the checks and balances, and the civil and political rights that have provided the foundations of our constitutional system for over two centuries.  In the few short months of Trump’s…