Zachary Roth’s new book is a scathing indictment of Republican efforts to undermine democracy.
Books
Book reviews and essays from the Washington Monthly on the new books shaping debates over politics, policy, history, and American democracy.
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Betraying His Adopted Tribe?
How Afghan “veteran” Sebastian Junger promotes PTSD denial and dismissal.
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2016, Magazine, Politics
A Springfield Education
Sidney Blumenthal’s elegant chronicle of Abraham Lincoln’s political apprenticeship
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2016, Magazine
What’s the Matter with the Left?
Thomas Frank’s factually un-rigorous assault on the Clinton and Obama administrations.
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2016, Magazine
Genocide in Burma
The Rohingya may well be the most persecuted people on the planet, and nobody, including the United States, is lifting a finger to help.
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2016, Magazine
Losing Our Religion
Progressives should know that faith has been a part of the liberal vision for the country since our founding.
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, March/April/May 2016
Next to a Miracle
The first session of the U.S. Congress was as bitter and riven by divisions—over ideology, taxes, federal versus state power, the role of “big money,” flexible versus strict interpretation of the Constitution—as the 114th Congress. The difference is, we can be proud of the first.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, Politics
Yet Another Way to Steal a Presidential Election
A political thriller explores how our antiquated Electoral College system could be put to nefarious use.
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, March/April/May 2016
Changing the Conversation About Regulation
Regulations aren’t threats to liberty and property, but vital weapons in defense of them.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, Politics
Shoot the Hippies
Kent State’s lessons in the age of Donald Trump.
