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Four hundred and thirty-five Congressional districts: among them districts represented by Congressmen of long seniority whose favor even a President had to court; among them districts represented by Congressmen who chaired powerful committees; among them districts represented by Congressmen who were allies of the New Deal; among them districts
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
In the United States and the United Kingdom, the new right has broken with the old-fashioned, Burkean small-c conservatism that is suspicious of rapid change in all its forms. Although they hate the phrase, the new right is more Bolshevik than Burkean: these are men and women who want to overthrow, bypass, or undermine existing institutions, to
... See moreAnne Applebaum • Twilight of Democracy
All have very clear first and last acts – a call to action and a final judgement – but between them too, within the constraints of reality they’re derived from, the same structure as Shakespeare, as Terence and as Horace.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
He read Machiavelli at thirteen. He’s fascinated by power and knows that Peter is a means by which he can wield it.
Ryan Holiday • Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire
Kelleher was a hero-worshiper and a reader of history and literature who could reel off couplets from Wordsworth, aphorisms from Clausewitz, and exchanges from Nixon’s 1950 debates with Helen Gahagan Douglas.
Thomas Petzinger Jr. • Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
Fury is a Fine Art
scenes in which a protagonist (say, Electra) debates with an antagonist (Clytemnestra).