Raphael Chayim Rosen is the author of the substack, Lady Liberty’s Pedestal, exploring the political culture, customs, and norms, today and throughout history that make American democracy stable. Trained at Harvard and Cambridge, Rosen has published academic work in history, philosophy, and physics, and is a patent-holding entrepreneur and inventor, named by Bloomberg as a Top 25 Social Entrepreneur in America. His forthcoming book is: “Pedestal: What Makes American Democracy Stable and Why Your Everyday Thoughts, Words & Actions Determine Its Success.” He is the author of six novels, most recently “Let There Be Light” (2021).