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🏛️ Public Life

An exploration of what it means to exist as a civic being—engaged, visible, and accountable to a community. These works examine the rewards and burdens of stepping beyond the private threshold.
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service
by Michael Lewis • 2025
Government is full of brilliant people you have never heard of. Michael Lewis introduces them.
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16k+
🏛️ Public Service🇺🇸 American Government📋 Bureaucracy
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service Summary
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service 89%
Government is full of brilliant people you have never heard of. Michael Lewis introduces them.
by Michael Lewis 2025
4.18
16k+ ratings
🏛️ Public Service🇺🇸 American Government📋 Bureaucracy
On Power
by Robert A. Caro • 2017
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
3.95
1k+
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics
On Power Summary
On Power 89%
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
by Robert A. Caro 2017
3.95
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
by William H. Whyte • 1980
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
4.33
927
🏙️ Public Space🚶 Street Life🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Summary
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 89%
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
by William H. Whyte 1980
4.33
927 ratings
🏙️ Public Space🚶 Street Life🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism
Palaces for the People
by Eric Klinenberg • 2018
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
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5k+
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital
Palaces for the People Summary
Palaces for the People 89%
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
by Eric Klinenberg 2018
3.97
5k+ ratings
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital
Bring Back the Bureaucrats
by John DiIulio • 2014
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
3.22
32
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique
Bring Back the Bureaucrats Summary
Bring Back the Bureaucrats 89%
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
by John DiIulio 2014
3.22
32 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique
Streetfight
by Janette Sadik-Khan • 2016
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
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2k+
🛣️ Street Design🎨 Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space
Streetfight Summary
Streetfight 89%
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
by Janette Sadik-Khan 2016
4.26
2k+ ratings
🛣️ Street Design🎨 Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space
Power to the Public
by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
3.98
320
🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design
Power to the Public Summary
Power to the Public 88%
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021
3.98
320 ratings
🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design
Life After Cars
by Sarah Goodyear • 2025
The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?
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1k+
🚗 Auto Culture🏙️ Livable Cities🚲 Tactical Urbanism
Life After Cars Summary
Life After Cars 88%
The cost of car dependency is hidden in plain sight. What happens when we build for people instead?
by Sarah Goodyear 2025
4.26
1k+ ratings
🚗 Auto Culture🏙️ Livable Cities🚲 Tactical Urbanism
Fragmented Democracy
by Jamila Michener • 2018
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
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120
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy 88%
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
by Jamila Michener 2018
4.23
120 ratings
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality
Classics of Public Administration
by Jay M. Shafritz • 1978
From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.
3.65
287
🏛️ Public Administration🧱 Organizational Theory🔍 Policy Analysis
Classics of Public Administration Summary
Classics of Public Administration 88%
From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.
by Jay M. Shafritz 1978
3.65
287 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🧱 Organizational Theory🔍 Policy Analysis
Rights Talk
by Mary Ann Glendon • 1991
American law won't require you to rescue a drowning stranger. That gap explains our broken politics.
4.06
124
📜 Constitutional Law🗣️ Political Rhetoric🔍 Individualism Critique
Rights Talk Summary
Rights Talk 88%
American law won't require you to rescue a drowning stranger. That gap explains our broken politics.
by Mary Ann Glendon 1991
4.06
124 ratings
📜 Constitutional Law🗣️ Political Rhetoric🔍 Individualism Critique
On Leadership
by Tony Blair • 2024
A prime minister's playbook: plan, focus, deliver, and why efficacy beats populism.
3.86
808
🏛️ Political Leadership🎯 Political Strategy🔄 Government Reform
On Leadership Summary
On Leadership 88%
A prime minister's playbook: plan, focus, deliver, and why efficacy beats populism.
by Tony Blair 2024
3.86
808 ratings
🏛️ Political Leadership🎯 Political Strategy🔄 Government Reform
The Power Broker
by Robert A. Caro • 1974
How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.
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30k+
🏙️ Urban Planning📋 Political Biography⚡ Power And Democracy
The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker 88%
How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.
by Robert A. Caro 1974
4.53
30k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning📋 Political Biography⚡ Power And Democracy
Results
by Charlie Baker • 2022
A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.
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🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform⚙️ Execution
Results Summary
Results 88%
A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.
by Charlie Baker 2022
3.80
89 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform⚙️ Execution
The Federal Management Playbook
by Ira Goldstein • 2016
Federal leadership follows different rules. A playbook for getting results inside the bureaucracy.
4.40
10
🏛️ Public Administration🏢 Public Sector Leadership🔧 Organizational Design
The Federal Management Playbook Summary
The Federal Management Playbook 88%
Federal leadership follows different rules. A playbook for getting results inside the bureaucracy.
by Ira Goldstein 2016
4.40
10 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🏢 Public Sector Leadership🔧 Organizational Design
A More Perfect Constitution
by Larry J. Sabato • 2007
Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.
3.66
335
🏛️ Constitutional Reform🗳️ Electoral Reform⚖️ Judicial Reform
A More Perfect Constitution Summary
A More Perfect Constitution 88%
Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.
by Larry J. Sabato 2007
3.66
335 ratings
🏛️ Constitutional Reform🗳️ Electoral Reform⚖️ Judicial Reform
San Fransicko
by Michael Shellenberger • 2021
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
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🏙️ Urban Policy🏚️ Homelessness💊 Drug Policy
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko 88%
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
by Michael Shellenberger 2021
4.01
4k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy🏚️ Homelessness💊 Drug Policy
The Good Society
by Robert N. Bellah • 1991
Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.
3.66
105
🏘️ Communitarianism🗳️ American Civic Life🏛️ Democratic Theory
The Good Society Summary
The Good Society 88%
Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.
by Robert N. Bellah 1991
3.66
105 ratings
🏘️ Communitarianism🗳️ American Civic Life🏛️ Democratic Theory
The Fall of Public Man
by Richard Sennett • 1977
Public life once ran on masks, not sincerity. We tore them off and strangers became threats.
4.16
620
🏙️ Urban Sociology📜 Historical Sociology🎭 Everyday Performance
The Fall of Public Man Summary
The Fall of Public Man 88%
Public life once ran on masks, not sincerity. We tore them off and strangers became threats.
by Richard Sennett 1977
4.16
620 ratings
🏙️ Urban Sociology📜 Historical Sociology🎭 Everyday Performance
The Quiet Before
by Gal Beckerman • 2022
Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.
3.79
485
🏴 Social Movements📰 Media History📢 Political Communication
The Quiet Before Summary
The Quiet Before 88%
Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.
by Gal Beckerman 2022
3.79
485 ratings
🏴 Social Movements📰 Media History📢 Political Communication
Road to Nowhere
by Paris Marx • 2022
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
4.16
643
🚗 Car Culture🏙️ Urban Planning💻 Techno-Solutionism
Road to Nowhere Summary
Road to Nowhere 88%
The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.
by Paris Marx 2022
4.16
643 ratings
🚗 Car Culture🏙️ Urban Planning💻 Techno-Solutionism
The American Spirit
by David McCullough • 2017
Why the American past is a well to draw strength from, not a burden to escape.
4.22
7k+
🏛️ Civic Engagement🇺🇸 American Identity🎓 Commencement Wisdom
The American Spirit Summary
The American Spirit 88%
Why the American past is a well to draw strength from, not a burden to escape.
by David McCullough 2017
4.22
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Civic Engagement🇺🇸 American Identity🎓 Commencement Wisdom
Flesh and Stone
by Richard Sennett • 1996
Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.
4.28
541
🏙️ Urban History🧬 History Of The Body🏛️ Architectural Theory
Flesh and Stone Summary
Flesh and Stone 88%
Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.
by Richard Sennett 1996
4.28
541 ratings
🏙️ Urban History🧬 History Of The Body🏛️ Architectural Theory
The Storm Before the Calm
by George Friedman • 2020
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
4.05
3k+
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm 88%
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
by George Friedman 2020
4.05
3k+ ratings
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal
The Long Slide
by Tucker Carlson • 2021
A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.
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2k+
📰 Political Journalism📺 Media Criticism🗣️ Free Speech
The Long Slide Summary
The Long Slide 88%
A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.
by Tucker Carlson 2021
4.13
2k+ ratings
📰 Political Journalism📺 Media Criticism🗣️ Free Speech
Recoding America
by Jennifer Pahlka • 2023
Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.
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3k+
🖥️ Gov Tech🔄 Digital Transformation🔁 Agile Government
Recoding America Summary
Recoding America 88%
Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.
by Jennifer Pahlka 2023
4.37
3k+ ratings
🖥️ Gov Tech🔄 Digital Transformation🔁 Agile Government
The Decline of Popular Politics
by Michael E. McGerr • 1986
The loud, communal democracy that drew 83% turnout was killed by reformers, not apathy.
3.41
17
🏛️ Gilded Age Politics📰 Partisan Press🗳️ Electoral Reform
The Decline of Popular Politics Summary
The Decline of Popular Politics 88%
The loud, communal democracy that drew 83% turnout was killed by reformers, not apathy.
by Michael E. McGerr 1986
3.41
17 ratings
🏛️ Gilded Age Politics📰 Partisan Press🗳️ Electoral Reform
Glimpses of Utopia
by Jess Scully • 2020
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
3.97
110
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship
Glimpses of Utopia Summary
Glimpses of Utopia 88%
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
by Jess Scully 2020
3.97
110 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship
Humans of New York
by Brandon Stanton • 2015
Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.
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🧱 Street Photography🎤 Oral History🏠 Everyday Lives
Humans of New York Summary
Humans of New York 88%
Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.
by Brandon Stanton 2015
4.55
20k+ ratings
🧱 Street Photography🎤 Oral History🏠 Everyday Lives
⿻ 數位 Plurality
by E. Glen Weyl • 2024
Tech promised liberation but delivered surveillance and polarization. Taiwan found the off-ramp.
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47
🗳️ Digital Democracy🏛️ Civic Technology🧠 Collective Intelligence
⿻ 數位 Plurality Summary
⿻ 數位 Plurality 88%
Tech promised liberation but delivered surveillance and polarization. Taiwan found the off-ramp.
by E. Glen Weyl 2024
3.51
47 ratings
🗳️ Digital Democracy🏛️ Civic Technology🧠 Collective Intelligence
Doppelganger
by Naomi Klein • 2023
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
4.19
37k+
🗳️ Political Memoir🕳️ Conspiracy Theories🎭 Digital Identity
Doppelganger Summary
Doppelganger 88%
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
by Naomi Klein 2023
4.19
37k+ ratings
🗳️ Political Memoir🕳️ Conspiracy Theories🎭 Digital Identity
In Mistrust We Trust
by Ivan Krastev • 2013
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
3.96
73
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
In Mistrust We Trust Summary
In Mistrust We Trust 88%
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
by Ivan Krastev 2013
3.96
73 ratings
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
Aesthetic Theory
by Theodor W. Adorno • 1970
Free isn't removed walls; it's a body, a fact, a road, and solidarity.
4.14
3k+
🗳️ Democratic Theory🕊️ Positive Liberty🤖 Algorithmic Control
Aesthetic Theory Summary
Aesthetic Theory 88%
Free isn't removed walls; it's a body, a fact, a road, and solidarity.
by Theodor W. Adorno 1970
4.14
3k+ ratings
🗳️ Democratic Theory🕊️ Positive Liberty🤖 Algorithmic Control
Public Administration and Public Affairs
by D. J. Henry • 1980
Designed for gridlock, American government still delivers. This is the machinery.
3.64
104
🏛️ Public Administration🏢 Bureaucracy📊 Public Budgeting
Public Administration and Public Affairs Summary
Public Administration and Public Affairs 88%
Designed for gridlock, American government still delivers. This is the machinery.
by D. J. Henry 1980
3.64
104 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🏢 Bureaucracy📊 Public Budgeting
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch • 1995
Democracy is threatened not by the masses but by an elite that has abandoned the public square.
3.95
2k+
🇺🇸 American Democracy🏛️ Class Divide🎓 Meritocracy Critique
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy 88%
Democracy is threatened not by the masses but by an elite that has abandoned the public square.
by Christopher Lasch 1995
3.95
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Democracy🏛️ Class Divide🎓 Meritocracy Critique
Keeping the Republic
by Mitch Daniels • 2011
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
4.02
252
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
Keeping the Republic Summary
Keeping the Republic 88%
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
by Mitch Daniels 2011
4.02
252 ratings
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette
by Stephen Hess • 1998
The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.
1.00
1
⚖️ Campaign Ethics📰 Political Journalism🔍 Media Bias
The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette Summary
The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette 88%
The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.
by Stephen Hess 1998
1.00
1 ratings
⚖️ Campaign Ethics📰 Political Journalism🔍 Media Bias
What I Saw at the Revolution
by Peggy Noonan • 1990
A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.
3.91
852
🇺🇸 Reagan Era🏛️ White House Memoirs✍️ Political Speechwriting
What I Saw at the Revolution Summary
What I Saw at the Revolution 88%
A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.
by Peggy Noonan 1990
3.91
852 ratings
🇺🇸 Reagan Era🏛️ White House Memoirs✍️ Political Speechwriting
Don't Talk About Politics
by Sarah Stein Lubrano • 2025
Arguments rarely change political minds. New experiences, real friendships, and public benches do.
4.12
303
🧠 Political Psychology🏛️ Public Sphere🔍 Cognitive Biases
Don't Talk About Politics Summary
Don't Talk About Politics 88%
Arguments rarely change political minds. New experiences, real friendships, and public benches do.
by Sarah Stein Lubrano 2025
4.12
303 ratings
🧠 Political Psychology🏛️ Public Sphere🔍 Cognitive Biases
Curbing Traffic
by Melissa Bruntlett • 2021
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
4.38
633
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency
Curbing Traffic Summary
Curbing Traffic 88%
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
by Melissa Bruntlett 2021
4.38
633 ratings
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency
New Abnormal
by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
4.38
148
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal 87%
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022
4.38
148 ratings
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor • 2019
Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.
4.20
731
🏛️ Political Philosophy🗳️ Democratic Theory🤝 Participatory Democracy
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone 87%
Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.
by Astra Taylor 2019
4.20
731 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🗳️ Democratic Theory🤝 Participatory Democracy
Spirit Of Community
by Amitai Etzioni • 1993
The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.
3.50
80
🏘️ Communitarianism⚖️ Rights And Duties📚 Moral Education
Spirit Of Community Summary
Spirit Of Community 87%
The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.
by Amitai Etzioni 1993
3.50
80 ratings
🏘️ Communitarianism⚖️ Rights And Duties📚 Moral Education
Politics Is for Power
by Eitan D. Hersh • 2020
Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.
4.09
1k+
🏘️ Community Organizing⚡ Power Building📱 Slacktivism
Politics Is for Power Summary
Politics Is for Power 87%
Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.
by Eitan D. Hersh 2020
4.09
1k+ ratings
🏘️ Community Organizing⚡ Power Building📱 Slacktivism
The Anarchist In The Library
by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
3.50
175
🛡️ Digital Rights⚖️ Copyright Politics🏛️ Cultural Commons
The Anarchist In The Library Summary
The Anarchist In The Library 87%
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004
3.50
175 ratings
🛡️ Digital Rights⚖️ Copyright Politics🏛️ Cultural Commons
The People's Choice
by Paul F. Lazarsfeld • 1968
Elections hinge on opinion leaders, not ads. Friends pass the news; their word outweighs the media.
3.79
43
🗳️ Voting Behavior📻 Political Communication📡 Media Effects
The People's Choice Summary
The People's Choice 87%
Elections hinge on opinion leaders, not ads. Friends pass the news; their word outweighs the media.
by Paul F. Lazarsfeld 1968
3.79
43 ratings
🗳️ Voting Behavior📻 Political Communication📡 Media Effects
Journalism and PR
by John Lloyd • 2014
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
3.78
9
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption
Journalism and PR Summary
Journalism and PR 87%
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
by John Lloyd 2014
3.78
9 ratings
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption
Confidence Man
by Maggie Haberman • 2022
Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.
4.09
11k+
🏛️ Presidential Biography🗽 New York Politics📺 Media And Politics
Confidence Man Summary
Confidence Man 87%
Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.
by Maggie Haberman 2022
4.09
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential Biography🗽 New York Politics📺 Media And Politics
A Letter to Liberals
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
4.39
359
🏥 Public Health Policy💉 Vaccine Safety⚖️ Civil Liberties
A Letter to Liberals Summary
A Letter to Liberals 87%
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022
4.39
359 ratings
🏥 Public Health Policy💉 Vaccine Safety⚖️ Civil Liberties
Democracy When the People Are Thinking
by James S. Fishkin • 2018
Shallow views run democracy. When citizens deliberate, their priorities shift, and policy follows.
3.82
28
🗳️ Deliberative Democracy📜 Constitutional Reform💭 Opinion Formation
Democracy When the People Are Thinking Summary
Democracy When the People Are Thinking 87%
Shallow views run democracy. When citizens deliberate, their priorities shift, and policy follows.
by James S. Fishkin 2018
3.82
28 ratings
🗳️ Deliberative Democracy📜 Constitutional Reform💭 Opinion Formation
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