This course will explore some of the issues confronting us today and compare them with other periods in our history.  We'll review aspects of the status of our Constitution and highlight a few departures from the Founders intent.  We'll review our options going forward.  We'll delve into the history of potential solutions identified and used in past periods over 400 years of recorded history.  Finally, we'll discuss how we as citizens can impact solutions given to us by the Founders.