As The Founders Intended

More than two centuries after Shays’ Rebellion, the institutions crafted at the Founding and the wider system they have shaped make it extraordinarily difficult for majorities of the mass public to make economic policy and curb inequality—just as the Founders intended.

The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, Osita Nwanevu

Share the Post:

Latest Posts

The Gift

In 2022, Raj Bhakta threatened to hand the former Green Mountain College campus to a religious group if Poultney didn’t give him what he wanted. He’s now doing exactly that, and calling it a gift.

Read More

Split Screen: The Mountain and the School

February 2026 split in two: Days on the mountain with my daughter. A dormant project revived. Old friends. And then, on the last day of the month, bombs. The halves of this split screen are not equal, and I don’t know how to pretend otherwise.

Read More