Podcast Episode 60: Local Self Government

Americans have the gall to insist that they have the right to govern themselves. This is unique in Western Civilization. The Greeks and Romans had local self government, but after the Germanic and Viking invasions, much of that was lost outside of the Northern Italian republics. Not so in England. I discuss the English political tradition of local self government and how that applies to the American political tradition. This is a History 101 event you don’t want to miss.