"On Democracy" by E. B White (2019)

White might as well have written all these essays in the last four years. Had he done so, the contemporary discourse would have much benefited from his calm, dignified, aristocratic tone. The clarity of vision is not hard to attain if one is prepared to step away from the mob and reflect a little. Voices unadulterated by political activism existed and were heard in the past, exist and are heard today, and will in all likelihood persist far into the future.