Review on Our Damaged Democracy by Joseph Califano Jr

Our Damaged Democracy

We the People Must Act

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"A Washington insider draws on decades of experience to deliver a blistering critique of the country of American authorities" (Kirkus Reviews) in an authoritative scrutiny of the forces that run our guild and a call to gear up our republic before it'southward too belatedly.

If you've been watching the news and worrying that our democracy no longer works, this book, "a cri de coeur from 1 of our wisest Americans" (Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian), will aid you understand why you're right. In that location is colossal concentration of ability in the Presidency. Congress is bedridden by partisanship and hostage to special interest money. The Supreme Court and many lower federal courts are riven by politics. Add politically fractured and fragile media, feckless campaign finance laws, rampant income and didactics inequality, and multicultural divisions, and it'due south no wonder our leaders can't agree on annihilation or muster a solid majority of Americans behind them.

With decades at the top in government, police, and business, Joseph A. Califano, Jr. has the capacity to be party-neutral in his evaluation and the perspective to see the big picture of our democracy. Using revealing anecdotes featuring every modern president and actions of both parties, he makes the urgent case that while we do non demand to concord on all aspects of politics, nosotros practise need to trust each other and be worthy of that trust. He shows how, as engaged citizens, we can bring back systems of government that promote fairness and protect our freedom. "It's hard to argue with [Califano'southward] analysis" (The New York Times Book Review) that the longer we wait to fix these problems, the more than unsafe our situation volition go.

Praise For Our Damaged Democracy: Nosotros the People Must Human action…

"Regardless of your political philosophy, we tin all agree Washington is not just dysfunctional, but broken. Drawing on both his significant experience in public service and important historical lessons, Joe Califano addresses the serious challenges facing our nation and why it is incumbent on our citizenry to repair America's damaged commonwealth."
— Gov. Jeb Bush, Former Governor, State of Florida

"Joe Califano has brilliantly laid out causes and consequences of obstruction in Washington, and a rousing call to action to deal with them."
— House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

"A Washington insider draws on decades of experience to deliver a blistering critique of the land of American government . . . Califano is adamantly bipartisan in his criticism, leaving no doubtfulness that there is ample blame to go effectually for what are ultimately systemic faults that have been building for one-half a century . . . . The author'southward concerns about the executive and legislative branches are particularly well-informed, persuasive, discouraging, and sometimes frightening."
— Kirkus Reviews

"Published at a moment which could be prove to be a historical pivot point, Our Damaged Democracy is a cri de coeur from 1 of our wisest Americans."
— Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian

"Joseph Califano delves deeply into the inner workings of Washington, and delivers an unstinting look at how power, money and politics take produced the ugly mess we're in today."
— Karen Tumulty, National Political Correspondent, Washington Post

"Joseph Califano, one of America's true statesmen, makes a powerful example for what has gone so terribly wrong in the country and the function we must all play in reversing that harm."
— Peter Osnos, Founder of PublicAffairs Book Grouping

"No sacred cows in this well-referenced and documented volume. Califano lays information technology on the line about the present land of American commonwealth, how nosotros got here, and how nosotros can save it. Couldn't be more timely."

— Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA, Retired)

"In this enlightened, entertaining, and rigorously non-partisan book, Joe Califano succinctly details the forces that have brought us to this dangerous moment in our republic, equally well as a class of action to restore balance to our government and hope to our politics. If the opposition is an intimately familiar one—in the words of Pogo, 'We accept met the enemy and he is the states'—then so is the solution. What we have broken, we tin mend if nosotros take the will to do so."

— Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Accolade-Winning Playwright

"Joe Califano serves up a fascinating and even-handed wake upwardly call for we the people to sympathize and act to repair the damage to our democracy. Those who treasure our freedom should read this book."

— Tom Selleck, Actor, Producer

"It's hard to debate with [Califano's] assay."
— The New York Times Volume Review

"[Califano] turns his seasoned eye toward root causes when he examines our democratic processes and republican structures… [H]e is especially thoughtful in fugitive the cheap rhetoric of partisanship… Our Damaged Commonwealthis not agape to stride on toes for the sake of finding means to fix our broken political organisation."
— America Mag

"An insightful and often searing await at how the dynamic among the iii branches of government functions today. This book is full of helpful documentation and existent-life examples. The arguments are clear and cogently argued. Califano deserves a hearing by those entrusted with the future of American democracy."
— Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President Emeritus, Academy of Notre Dame

Atria Books, 9781501144622, 352pp.

Publication Engagement: April 2, 2019

About the Author

Joseph A. Califano, Jr. spent thirty years in Washington at the top of the Pentagon, on the White Business firm staff equally chief domestic advisor to the President, and in the Cabinet. He worked equally an attorney forThe Washington Postduring Watergate and has represented clients as varied as the Blackness Panthers and Coca Cola. He likewise spent years on Wall Street and served on more than xv public company boards and numerous not-for-profit boards. He is founder of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA). He has written fourteen books, includingOur Damaged Democracy. He lives in Westport, Connecticut.

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