I'm thinking aloud how to introduce my students to Federalist 51 and the famous idea that we can run a government if ambition can counter ambition.

This moment feels more radical, as if the very possibility of change—I'm not even speaking of a specific change—were an affront to divinity.

20 year old me would not believe a former President could stoop this low.

I don't think it's possible to properly inform future generations how committed we are to "just blurting things out."