The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics
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The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics

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The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics"We had become the land of flickering lights, in which the standard of success was not what we were doing for the next generation of Americans, or to enhance our role in the world, but instead whether we had kept government open for another few minutes." Michael Bennet on yet another short term funding resolution The Land of Flickering Lights is a unique contribution to American political writing at this or any other time. Democratic Senator Michael

"We had become the land of flickering lights, in which the standard of success was not what we were doing for the next generation of Americans, or to enhance our role in the world, but instead whether we had kept government open for another few minutes."--Michael Bennet on yet another short-term funding resolution

The Land of Flickering Lights is a unique contribution to American political writing at this or any other time. Democratic Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado lifts a veil on Congress to reveal, in his words, "through a series of actual stories--about the people, the politics, the motives, the money, the hypocrisy, the stakes, the outcome--the pathological culture of the capitol and the consequences for us all."

Bennet eloquently chronicles the dramatic full stories behind five debates and decisions crucial to all Americans, each of which exemplifies the hyper-partisan politics that have upended our democracy:

  • The highly politicized nominations and appointments of judges at all levels;
  • The recent tax cut that massively increased our debt and financial inequality across the country;
  • The shredding of the Iran nuclear deal that undermined our longstanding bipartisan approach to foreign policy;
  • The corruption caused by money in politics and why it has caused inaction on climate change and much else;
  • The ugly sabotage by a minority of the "Gang of Eight's" bi-partisan plan to reform our immigration policies, which would have resolved all the issues we currently face.

    By revealing how these decisions were truly made, Bennet sheds vital new light on each of these five crucial events and what Americans have lost in the process, illuminating how and why our government is at loggerheads today. Providing cogent, substantive suggestions for ending our extreme partisan politics, Bennet will inspire Americans of all political persuasions to demand that the winners of political debate be the American people, not one party or the other.

    Binding Type: Hardcover
    Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
    Published: 06/04/2019
    ISBN: 9780802147813
    Pages: 304
    Weight: 1.10lbs
    Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.20d

    Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2019
    Choice 01/01/2020
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