Western Democracy Is on Trial, More than Any Time Since WWII
... systems). Now, America’s first non-white president, Barack Obama, has encountered a level of obstructionism and partisanship ... ... show kindness and compassion to refugees, may be ousted sooner by politics rather than later for her troubles, and other governments ... ... which, it was just announced, will be pursued again. AP Even in Israel, considered a bastion of Western democracy in the Middle ... ... policy, as racial, ethnic, and religious tension, fears of Islamic terrorism, nativism, and demagogues become ever more commonplace,...