Would We Be Better Off Without a Constitution?
Why chain ourselves to an outdated document?
7 min readMay 19, 2024
Sometimes I think Americans’ over-the-top displays of patriotism — you know, stuff like the field-sized flags and military-jet flyovers at football games — are a sad attempt to paper over the cracks in our national fabric. We drown out our disappointment with fireworks and applause for the troops.