I am haunted by the death of democracy in 1930s Japan, as America faces an escalating wave of exhortations toward violence from the progressives that dominate our institutions of culture.  In the run-up to World War II, fanatics organized a wave of assassinations that simply killed off politicians who stood in their way, ending an already shaky democracy.  This period is commonly known among historians as "government by assassination."  They may have been militarists, but like all true fanatics, they were serving a cause so holy and so pure in their version that any and all means necessary were justifiable in their fevered minds. Austin Bay points out at The American Spectator that, had optimal conditions (from James Hodgkinson's perspective) prevailed: [He] could have killed 32 Republican members of the House and two Senators. ... Killing 32 Republican members of the House reduces the Republicans to 207 seats. That means the...(Read Full Post)