Best of Beth Ashley: Democracy being sold to highest bidder; have things changed?

Best of Beth Ashley: Democracy being sold to highest bidder; have things changed?

Frankie Frost/IJ archiveBeth Ashley Editor’s note: The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2018. My husband — bless his heart — is my biggest fan. Lately, he decided to put together a collection of political columns I’ve written over the years. He thinks that one such column — headlined “Democracy being sold to highest bidder” — written Feb. 19, 2006, is still relevant. So do I — so he urged me to run it again. …