Fashionable circles like to see looming ahead of us the end of democracy. Pundits stoke this idea, often because their candidate didn't win office, and they were the ruling elites. The rumbling goes on because progressive ideas aren't the only ones afloat.
Freedom House publishes an annual report on political rights and civil liberties. This year it paints a sad picture of democracy in crisis. By their lights Russia, Turkey, Venezuela, Hungary, and Poland have scored setbacks. And the United States can't be far lagging.
The teen-agers who say they're running the movement out of their parents' living rooms in south Florida are getting help from left-wing activists who run the Women's March and gun-control-advocacy organizations.
"Few teens would have the resources and sophistication to pull off a major national protest without the help of experienced political hands, and yet there's been little or no mention of outside groups as the post-Parkland push for tougher gun laws gains steam," notes The Washington Times.
