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As Burke said in describing his early years in Albany, “Murphy delegates to the point of anarchy.”7
William Thorndike • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
the study of megapolitics. In two previous volumes, Blood in the Streets and The Great Reckoning, we argued that the most important causes of change are not to be found in political manifestos or in the pronouncements of dead economists, but in the hidden factors that alter the boundaries where power is exercised. Often, subtle changes in climate,
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
He was like a farmer trying to convince a sly mule that the way to the feed house went through the plow fields.
Taylor Branch • Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
They admired his thoroughness, his tirelessness—the way he threw himself into every aspect of politics, into everything he did, with an enthusiasm and effort that seemed limitless. He already possessed an amazing store of knowledge about individual Congressmen and their districts through his capacity for absorbing and retaining information. “He was
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
Our main objective will be to guide the reader against the areas of possible substantial error and to develop policies with which he will be comfortable.
Benjamin Graham • The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed (Collins Business Essentials)
This time, it’s education replacing income as the key determinant of voting behavior.
Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
escalatory perspective
James Wagner • The Uncontrollability of the World
Robert N. Bellah, The Broken Covenant: America Civil Religion in Time of Trial (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992), 104.