In 1814, John Adams issued a warning that sounds today like the tolling of a distant but familiar bell: “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” It was not...
In the United States, the word “citizen” carries a weight that goes beyond legal status. It evokes the right to vote, the expectation of justice, the duty to serve, and the sense of belonging to a political community. But beneath that single term lies a...
