Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Serge Schmemann: Democracy’s circuses, triumphs and shams
A destroyed car is seen through a shrapnel hole in Donetsk on November 9, 2014. Artillery fire rocked east Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday as separatists appeared to be reinforcing their frontline and fears grew of a return to all-out fighting.
The main event of the past week was, of course, the midterm elections. It was a Republican romp, far greater than any poll predicted, but for those watching it from abroad it was also a striking lesson in the enormous complexity, expense, passion and mystery of the democratic process as practiced in the world’s premier republic.
