However, it is possible to overemphasize the active elements of democracy. The demand for fast and furious judgment is a call for democracy conducted by partisan talking points and scripted taglines.
Observers of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission see it as a body hampered by polarization, dysfunction and conflict, according to a draft report produced by the William D. Ruckelshaus Center.
In separate incidents on Saturday and Monday, police responded to the homes of U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan, of Westford and Ayanna Pressley, of Boston, for bomb threats.