originally published 1/16/2019
Benjamin Franklin supposedly described our new form of government to a citizen as “a republic, if you can keep it”. A republic is a sovereign nation where power resides in elected individuals representing citizens, and where government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law. The debate over whether to build a wall along our border with Mexico is no longer about the wall. It is about whether we are still a republic. Continue reading THE WALL IS INSIGNIFICANT