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Tuesday, November 10, 2026Nov 10

Letter to the editor: Action required to protect democracy

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Citizens fill the room during a Hamilton County School Board meeting on Thursday, September 18, 2025.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Citizens fill the room during a Hamilton County School Board meeting on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Citizens fill the room during a Hamilton County School Board meeting on Thursday, September 18, 2025.

Action is required to protect democracy

Democracy has a history that goes back millennia.

In the 2,532 years since the ancient Athenians launched the first democratic experiment, it has faced countless trials. Democracy has failed, been rebuilt, failed again and been rebuilt again.

Yet, throughout human history, we have always come back to democracy, because it is undeniably the best form of government ever devised by humankind.

Our modern challenge is nothing more than one more in a long line of failed challenges to democracy. Like the ones before it, today’s challenge will be left in the dustbins of history.