It is hard to recognize the USA by reading the headlines these days but let us not fool ourselves, this has been coming for a long time. Some will say since the Civil War, others since the days of Woodrow Wilson, others offer many other points of reference but it has been a slow process that perhaps is part of the contradictions of Illuminism whose better angels inspired the creation of the American Republic. "A Republic, if you can keep it" said Ben Franklin. Well, looks like we … [Read more...]