democracy

November 19, 2019

HILL: Destroying the fabric of democracy

November 13, 2019 Frank Hill

When Mrs. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin at the end of the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 what sort of government they had created, he replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” A “democratic republic” he meant. […]

HILL: Other perfidious ‘assaults on democracy’

September 18, 2019 Frank Hill

Critics and Democrats claim Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly “assaulted democracy” when they called for two legislative veto override votes early last Wednesday morning when only 64 of the 120 House members […]