Let's Hope There's Still a Democracy Around Then

I wouldn't really call myself an optimist, but that's really the only explanation for the fact that I've been carrying my copy of The Rise of American Democracy around with me for the past month or so, with the goal of reading it a little at a time on my lunch break. In that time, I've made it through a total of 20 pages. At this rate, I can expect to be finished at some point in 2012.