04-02-2018, 04:39 PM
(04-02-2018, 04:25 PM)Dill Wrote: By the way, here is another book I (partially) read in February.
Ira Shapiro's Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?
https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Senate-Save-Itself-Country/dp/1538105829
Most interesting--he convinced me that modern presidential/parliamentary democracies need a functioning conservative party to survive, using Germany's CDU/CSU coalition as an example or model we can learn from.
Some of the history brought back jolting memories of liberals and conservatives working together back in the 70's and 80's.
I could've told you that. Probably not as convincingly, but it is something I agree with and have believed for a long time.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
