On June 23, the people of Britain will vote in a referendum to decide if they will stay in the European Union or step out on their own in a Brexit. For their sake and ours, I hope they choose to exit.

We should get one thing straight right away about the EU: It is not a democracy. The EU is the successor of the European Coal and Steel Community, founded in 1951 and intended to prevent another war between France and Germany by taking away their ability to make their own policies.