So, What Are You Reading?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Ted Heiks, Jul 27, 2013.

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  1. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Finished Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress by Olivia Snowe (2013). Mostly a memoir, with a bit of discussion about the polarization in Congress and the Congressional reforms that might fix that.

    A frustrating read, if only because Snowe spent most of her career having her views dismissed by her colleagues only to be rescued by Democrats who would support her amendments and rally support for her bills, with no insight into how sharply her views on universal healthxare, women's rights, campaign finance, etc., diverge from most Republicans.

    If she were running today she'd be called a RINO.
     
  2. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Finished Yale Needs Women by Anne Gardiner Perkins (2019). A well-researched exploration of the years surrounding Yale's decision to admit women and their experiences when it did. Some people have to be dragged into the future. Notably, EE 11246 (put in place by LBJ and rescinded by Trump in 2025) makes an appearance as the basis for an early sex discrimination lawsuit.
     
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  3. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

    Is reading the "Exploring Statistics - States of Distribution" DSRT 734 Textbook count? :D
     
  4. Tireman 44444

    Tireman 44444 Well-Known Member

    Failure is Not an Option-Gene Kranz (Backstory. I worked at NASA from 2004-2006. I never met the man, but I have been in the same room as he, twice.)

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  5. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen (2020) carefully documents America's democratic backsliding and increasingly "post-truth society." It also explains how our institutions repeatedly fail to respond to someone with visions of leading as an autocrat or dictator.

    Unfortunately it gives no actual advice on surviving life in an autocracy, save for a brief mention that autocrats must squash those with "moral authority" who pose a threat to their rule.

    I also have "On Tyranny" on the shelf which I'm hoping is much more action-oriented.
     
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