by David Tollen | Apr 22, 2022 | The Recent Modern Age, Current Politics
Modern democracy gives us the best governments the world has ever seen. Or maybe Winston Churchill put it better when he said, “democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried.” But democracy hasn’t...
by David Tollen | Oct 30, 2020 | The Recent Modern Age, Current Politics
In a second term, the ballot box would no longer restrict Trump. So we can expect: Expanded use of the Department of Justice (DoJ) against the President’s opponents, including members of Congress. More use of force against protesters. Federal tolerance of crime...
by David Tollen | Mar 5, 2017 | The Recent Modern Age, Legal History
Here’s what to watch for. How would the Trump administration erode American freedom and democracy, if it went down that road? I’ve approached this question as a lawyer and amateur historian, studying democracies that lost freedom in recent years, as well as some...
by David Tollen | Oct 10, 2016 | The Recent Modern Age, Legal History
Last night, Donald Trump told Hillary Clinton he plans to put her in jail if he’s elected President of the United States. Dictators threaten to arrest political rivals. American presidential candidates never have. One of the central features of our democracy,...
by David Tollen | Jan 17, 2016 | Classical Civilization
~ This is the first of a six-post series called Star Wars and History. (See below for the six posts’ titles.) ~ In Revenge of the Sith, the evil Palpatine transforms the Galactic Republic from the top, creating the Empire — without overthrowing the state....
