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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At no time, at no place, in solemn convention assembled, through no chosen agents, had the American people officially proclaimed the United States to be a democracy. The Constitution did not contain the word or any word lending countenance to it, except possibly the mention of "We, the people," in the preamble.... When the Constitution was framed no respectable person called himself or herself a democrat.

Charles Austin Beard and Mary Ritter Beard, America in Midpassage [1939]

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

September 4, 2019
Trump's Berlin Wall, Part 2
In my August 30 article, entitled “Trump’s Berlin Wall,” I wrote: In any event, desperate to appease his statist supporters before Election Day, President Trump is proceeding apace with the construction of his Berlin Wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Never mind that he has never succeeded in getting congressional approval for his massive public-works project. In the finest tradition of dictators everywhere, he has ...
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