First Things RSS Feed - Mike Lee https://www.firstthings.com/author/mike-lee en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:20 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/mike-lee 60 Of Course We’re Not a Democracy https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/10/of-course-were-not-a-democracy https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/10/of-course-were-not-a-democracy Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:10:00 -0400 During the recent vice presidential debate, I pointed out on Twitter that our form of government in the United States is not a democracy, but a republic. The confused and vehement media criticism that ensued persuaded me that this point might be better served in an essay rather than a 140-character Tweet.

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