We have flunked our own history. We have naively assumed that almost any nation can establish a viable democracy by simply setting up some ballot boxes out in the villages and having free elections. As a people, we know so little history that we have not perceived that the American

The Electoral College is the system used to elect a president. Contrary to Democratic National Committee Chairmen, Tom Perez, the Electoral College is in the Constitution. You would think that the head of one of our nation’s political parties would know this. Perez said, “The Electoral College is not a creation of