Offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous nature of today's media.

Above title on cover: The Daily show with Jon Stewart presents. The book is presented as a text book with discussion questions and classroom activities.

Study guide -- Foreword / Thomas Jefferson -- Democracy before America -- The founding of America -- The President : king of democracy -- Congress : quagmire of freedom -- The judicial branch : it rules -- Campaigns and elections : America changes the sheets -- The media : democracy's valiant vulgarians -- The future of democracy : four score and seven years from now -- The rest of the world : international house of horrors.