The idea that democracy is the best form of government has never been seriously challenged in my lifetime. As a member of Generation X, I grew up in the shadow of the mushroom cloud, watched a lot of movies where the commies were the bad guys, and tried to find my place in a world dominated by Boomers. Until one day, I watched the Evil Empire unravel in real time in the newspaper. It was classic good vs. evil, except it’s in the real world…
