https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/01/the-crisis-of-american-self-government/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:37:14 -0400<![CDATA[Few have thought as hard, or as much, about how democracies can preserve individual liberty and national virtue as the eminent political scientist Harvey Mansfield. When it comes to assessing the state of the American experiment in self-government today, his diagnosis is grim, and he has never been one to mince words.]]>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:30:29 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/01/the-crisis-of-american-self-government-n97940