Democratic government’s greatest strength is its greatest vulnerability. We are referring to the government’s extraordinary power to communicate. And this weekend we had a vivid lesson in what can go wrong.
We citizens don’t think about it much, but the government supplies citizens with an untold array of information. Federal government agencies tell us what the weather may be, how well our students are learning mathematics and English, and whether inflation is rising or falling. Government-created geological and survey data power the map apps we rely on when driving.
No one has come close to… Read More in Real Clear Politics