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Our government is failing us. From health care to immigration, from
the tax code to climate change, our political institutions cannot
deal effectively with the challenges of modern society. Why the
dysfunction? Contemporary reformers single out the usual suspects,
including polarization and the rise in campaign spending. But what
if the roots go much deeper, to the nation's founding?In Relic ,
William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe point to the Constitution as the
main culprit. The framers designed the Constitution some 225 years
ago for a simple, agrarian society. But the government they
created, with a parochial Congress at its centre, is ill-equipped
to address the serious social problems that arise in a complex,
postindustrial nation. We are prisoners of the past, burdened with
an antiquated government that cannot make effective policy, and
often cannot do anything at all.The solution is to update the
Constitution for modern times. This can be accomplished, Howell and
Moe argue, through reforms that push Congress and all its
pathologies to the periphery of the lawmaking process, and bring
presidents,whose concern for their legacy drives them to seek
coherent policy solutions,to the centre of decision making. As
Howell and Moe reveal, the key to effective government for modern
America is a more powerful presidency. Relic is a provocative and
essential book for our era of political dysfunction and popular
despair. It sheds new light on what is wrong with our government
and what can be done about it, challenging us to reconsider the
very foundation of the American experiment.
Title: Hospital life in the Army of the Potomac.Author: William
Howell ReedPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00473900CollectionID:
CTRG10174173-BPublicationDate: 18660101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 199 p.; 19 cm
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Have you ever have one of those moments where you knew that there
had to be more to life than this? Or know that in your heart you
had a dream, a vision, or a goal that seemed so close to impossible
to obtain? *Fear *Failure *Your Past *Opposition *Impatience This
book will captivate these different areas that cause us to not move
forward on the dreams and visions that God has for our lives.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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