Again....Required Reading

As of today Heather Cox Richardson's new book, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, is number four on the NY Times Best Seller List for non-fiction. I read this last week....purchased just a few days after it became available.

I've been following Professor Richardson's Letters From an American on line for several years and she has helped to clarify a confusing and frightening few years in America. She usually ends her daily letter with some kind of comforting comments about how we, as individuals, have the right to make our voices heard. She encourages all of us to contact our representatives when we find unacceptable "behavior" and to VOTE.

I encourage all of you to purchase this book or get on the waiting list at your library. Trying to make sense of hour our democracy got here in 2023 and where we go from here...reading the book helps to clarify everything.

To quote the information on the book cover: "In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the incessant torrent of news. It soon turned into a newsletter, and its readership ballooned to more than two million dedicated readers, who rely on her plainspoken take on the present and past in America." The description goes on to say, "May books tell us what has happened over the last five years.  Democracy Awakening explains how we go to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be."

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Do yourself a favor....no matter what side of the fence you may be on....read it....and ponder.