Democracy and the Rule of Law
(Not Carved in Stone)
Nov 5 · 7 min read

We hear a lot about “democracy” and the “rule of law” these days, and like a lot of Americans I’ve taken these terms for granted — hearing them repeatedly, using them myself — without thinking much about what they might actually mean.
Yet supposedly I’m educated. I live in a democracy dedicated to the rule of law, or so everyone says. I began to…
