As Benjamin Franklin stepped out of the Pennsylvania Statehouse after a long, hot summer as senior delegate to the Constitutional Convention, he said to a bystander, "We have given you a republic-if you can keep it." In 2016, the evidence is clear that Americans have lost it. Bradford Whitman takes us on a carefully crafted, authentic journey in history and civics to retrieve stunningly foresighted advice from the Founders for rehabilitating the republic. He sets out the "fundamental principles" for our democratic republic. The second phase is to diagnose America's disease as a physician...