Shouldn’t we all just try and get along? Hell, no. In the wake of the fractious, scrappy first US presidential debate, critics both foreign and domestic have poured scorn on the greatest democracy on earth. They have seen in the chaos of Trump’s boorish interruptions, Biden’s dyspeptic asides and the moderator’s despair, the stress fractures … Continue reading In Defence of Debates, Proud Boys & Messy Democracies