OP-ED: A plan for improving American democracy
There is good news for those looking for some non-partisan scholarly research on what is wrong with our American experiment in constitutional representative government along with recommendations on how to make needed repairs. The American Academy of Arts & Sciences recently published a detailed report on democracy in America prepared by the academyâs bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship. For those unfamiliar with the academyâs role in shaping important topics, John Adams and other Massachusetts residents founded the academy in 1780. The original charter, n...
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