An Athenian View of American Democracy At 250, America is now producing a mindless, raw power and exponentially growing instability. The possibility of catharsis that characterized the United States at its bicentennial is hard to envisage a half-century later—to the detriment of us all. https://prosyn.org/zVvWwuK ATHENS—On the heels of America’s 250th anniversary, I felt the curious need to resist...