March 12, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson

In our history, the United States has gone through turning points when we have had to adjust our democratic principles to new circumstances. The alternative is to lose those principles to a small group of people who insist that democracy is outdated and must be replaced by a government run by a few leaders or, now, by a single man.

… we have been here before… each time the tide has changed and we averted oligarchic rule… what will happen this time?…