Dear Fellow Politics for the People members,
I expected a lot from our call with Danielle Allen on June 21st. Turns out I am a master of understatement. Her books and her grasp of America are inspiring in the extreme. I wanted to help more Americans read Dr. Allen’s work, which are available on Amazon. In addition to recommending her books to our networks (you may remember I sent copies to my grandchildren), we can also help by writing a short Amazon review for Dr. Allen’s books. Here’s mine. Thanks!
Before buying a book I always ask, why am I motivated to read it now? In this case, it’s because Our Great American Experiment is struggling under some serious threats. I’d like to help reduce them. Too many are generated here in America itself. Enter Danielle Allen, with her new book, Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus. In just 104 pages, I got a real education.
You can, too, if you seek answers to one or more of the following questions.
- What is making it so hard to have a constructive conversation about political issues now?
- What have we lost that threatens Our Great American Experiment?
- What did we learn from our experience with the Coronavirus pandemic?
- How could we have approached it to avoid the worst health and economic impacts?
- Faced with another pandemic, how could we handle it better?
- Why are the experts we depend on failing to come up with optimum answers?
- What election system changes would make the most positive difference?
- If we wanted things to work better, what actions would be essential?
- What components of a revived social contract between Americans are crucial?
If you really care about America and its future, spend some time with Danielle Allen. I even sent a copy to our grandchildren. They deserve better than a broken heritage. Many young Americans no longer believe a democracy is particularly desirable. Our Great American Experiment is losing ground and it needs all the help it can get.
Here is some help.
The first question I have to ask in considering a book to order is, “why am I motivated to get it? Like most of us, I have to pick and choose simply for lack of time. So, it has to matter now.
Why, then, should you read Danielle Allen’s new book, Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus? You should if you seek thoughtful answers to one or more of the following questions. What is making it so hard to have a constructive conversation about political issues now?
- What have we lost that threatens Our Great American Experiment?
- What did we learn from our experience with the Coronavirus pandemic?
- How could we have approached it to avoid the worst heath and economic impacts?
- Faced with another pandemic, how could we handle it better?
- Why are the experts we depend upon failing to come up with useful answers?
- What election system changes would make the most positive difference?
- If we wanted things to work better, what actions would be essential?
- What components of a revived social contract between Americans are crucial?
All of this in 104 pages.
If you really care about America and its future, this is more than worth your time. I have sent a copy to each of our three grandchildren. They will inherit the wind we have left them. Many Americans of their age no longer believe living in a democracy is particularly desirable or necessary. Our Great American Experiment has lost ground in the last few years. It needs all the help it can get.
