From the podium at Cleveland, he was proclaimed his party's populist candidate for president.  The general election campaign stretched through August, September, and October.  With his message of national prosperity and restoring the place of the common man, he appeared on the cusp of victory.  Then his opponent, a candidate with deep ties to Wall Street and the political establishment, stole the election with the backing of the media and a last-minute infusion of cash. The similarities are striking – not just because it was Cleveland where William Jennings Bryan was nominated in 1896.  Politics in America repeats itself in weird ways – not because of some arcane force at work, but because the political forces at play in our democracy do not change.  From the time of Hamilton and Adams to our own, a privileged elite has striven to enslave ordinary Americans and to deny them a voice in government.  In response, the people have turned to...(Read Full Article)