Diagnosing the Modern Body Politic
How the Madisonian Balance Was Disrupted
If James Madison were examining the American republic today, he would not begin with outrage.
He would begin with diagnosis.
Madison would listen to the symptoms: polarization, distrust, institutional paralysis, civic exhaustion, misinformation, conspiracy thinking, money-driven politics, rage at elites, fear of government, fear of one another, and the gr…