Election years have the tendency to bring out the worst in political rhetoric. Both major political parties color their opponents as dangers to the foundations of American democracy and even the world in general. I remember seeing on television in 1964 the famous “Daisy” political ad with a small girl holding a flower being vaporized in a huge nuclear mushroom cloud, symbolizing the threat from a win for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson in that year’s presidential election. Of course, … Continue reading Classical Liberalism versus Modern Unlimited Democracy