No Magic Wand for Democracy

Why fairy tale endings don’t apply to America’s political reality—and why that’s okay

Something we all kind of hate to know about fairy tales, is that they aren’t true. The magical love-at-first-sight and happily-ever-after have long been debunked as unrealistic and sometimes wildly misleading. And of course, we all have to suspend belief as we follow along narratives where waving a magic wand is the solution to a problem.

But as much as…