Title & Preface – The Situation of These United States

Posted September 5th, 2019

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Author’s Note, April 19, 2021 – Updated to incorporate minor edits made while preparing the ebook version. Namely, added a footnote clarifying my use of the term “majority” and included a brief acknowledgement of the fact that the problem of illiberalism – at least for the time being – has affected the two major parties to differing degrees, as evidenced by the Democratic Party’s nomination of Mr. Biden, their most moderate candidate, in the 2020 presidential campaign; whereas the Republican Party still suffers until the malign, illiberal primacy of Mr. Trump.