About this episode

The episode discusses the gradual damage to America's republic and the importance of self-governance in addressing community issues.

Send us Fan Mail America didn’t wake up in a ditch overnight. Like a washed-out country road, the damage to our republic has been building beneath the surface for years. Today’s Opening Argument begins in a small American town where a road has washed out, a mayor is standing in the mud, and everyone wants the same thing: “Fix it.” But one person cannot rebuild a road, run a town, spend public money, and answer to the people all by himself. That is not weakness. That is self-government. A...

People in this episode

Host: Tony Michaels

Topics covered

• self-government
• political commentary
• American infrastructure
• community responsibility
• republican values

Keywords

• America
• self-government
• politics
• community
• infrastructure
• republic
• mayor

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Places: America, small American town

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