If universities and tenure can't remain our bulwarks against trading fundamental democratic principles for short term success in advancing our agendas, what institutions will?
We take great pride in the "checks and balances" that James Madison incorporated into our constitution, and see them as our greatest bulwark against tyranny.
As a first step, a humane quarantine and isolation system that protects individual rights is our best bulwark against infectious disease.
Otherwise, such an expensive plan will come at the expense of our conventional forces (which remain the bulwark of our security) and our nation's economic viability (which the Joint Chiefs of Staff acknowledge is essential to our national security).
It was, therefore, with relief that some observers, listening to the joint press conference of the President and the Prime Minister, on January 27th, heard these words from May: "On defense and security coöperation, we're united in our recognition of NATO as the bulwark of our collective defense, and today we've reaffirmed our unshakeable commitment to this alliance.
And more remarkable still: from our own tiny bulwark against the invisible, we have looked into what we cannot look at — inferred its existence, and, to a stunning extent, figured out how it works.
"The Royal Navy stepped up to the plate straight away as David Cameron promised at the emergency summit so we are doing our bit with Bulwark and the helicopters, obviously we want other European countries to do more as well".
Our last "traditional" bulwark we have against a Trump Presidency is Hillary Clinton - whose position as a moderate, pro-corporate Democrat positions her to be the champion of the status quo and establishment.
Listen to the more alarmist predictions about what tragedies will soon befall America, then cut back to our saviors: If America faces economic doom, if our foundational freedoms are being comprised by a president so radical that he makes Cynthia McKinney look like a Bircher, these four men, ladies and gentlemen, are our sweater-vested bulwark against tyranny.
That practical wisdom is the bulwark of our republic, whose strength lies in the very diversity that our president-elect has done his best to splinter.
