Who is Government? by Michael Lewis
November Book Discussion
Who is Government?
Thursday, November 13
5 - 6 pm on Zoom
It's time to get out your library cards, ebook and audible subscriptions. We have selected a book for our November book discussion.
We invite you to read Michael Lewis's latest effort, “Who is Government?”
Through a series of essays, the book shows how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters.
May, 2025
Distorting Democracy by Carolyn Reneé DuPont
Carolyn Renée DuPont, professor of American history at Eastern Kentucky University, takes a historian's view of the institution and examines its effects of today's political system.
Let the People Pick the President by Jesse Wegman
Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman dives deep into the debates of the founders, examines the effects of the Electoral College today, and argues forcefully for why the time for change is now.
November, 2024
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
Journalist, podcast host, and Vox co-founder Ezra Klein lays out the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction. This book resists both blame and hand-wringing. Instead, it offers a clear framework for understanding the politicization of everyday culture.
July, 2024
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Slate staff writer Henry Grabar
Named one of the year’s best books of 2023 by The New Yorker and The New Republic, Paved Paradise manages to be both highly entertaining and seriously informative. You will never look at the humble parking spot the same again.
April, 2024
California Against the Sea: Visions For Our Vanishing Coastline by Rosanna Xia
November, 2023
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haass
July, 2023
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
