Henry Carter Hull

"Wry, quickly readable, yet informed and edgy . . . whimsy and pop culture, enlisted toward the end of knowledge." - The Atlantic "Brings Dave Barry-style humor to an illuminating book on what is wrong with American democracy - and how to put it right. . . . Litt's playful stories and fun facts explode common wisdom. . . . In the book's strongest contribution, Litt shows how radically our democracy has been altered in recent decades [, making] the...

A leading Supreme Court expert recounts the personal and philosophical rivalries that forged our nation's highest court and continue to shape our daily lives. The Supreme Court is the most mysterious branch of government, and yet the Court is at root a human institution, made up of very bright people with very strong egos, for whom political and judicial conflicts often become personal. In this compelling work of character-driven history, Jeffrey...

Quietly, steadily, Trump and his administration are damaging the tenets and accepted practices of American democracy. As he and his family enrich themselves, the presidency itself falls into the hands of the generals and financiers who surround him. While much of the country has been focused on Russia, David Frum has been collecting the lies, obfuscations, and flagrant disregard for the traditional limits placed on the office of the presidency. During...

"An intimate, fresh perspective on the most powerful woman in American political history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, by award-winning political journalist Molly Ball. She's the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery...

Jennifer Carlson is professor of sociology at Arizona State University. Her books include Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race (Princeton). She is a frequent contributor to leading publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. She is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. An eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the January 6 Capitol...

A Home on the Field is about faith, loyalty, and trust. It is a parable in the tradition of Stand and Deliver and Hoosiers-a story of one team and their accidental coach who became certain heroes to the whole community. For the past ten years, Siler City, North Carolina, has been at the front lines of immigration in the interior portion of the United States. Like a number of small Southern towns, workers come from traditional Latino enclaves across...

Why does the world speak English? Why does every country at least pretend to aspire to representative government, personal freedom, and an independent judiciary? This book is an ambitious account of the historical origin and spread of those principles, and their role in creating a sphere of economic and political liberty that is as crucial as it is imperiled. According to author Daniel Hannan, the ideas and institutions we consider essential to maintaining...

"This guide offers a penetrating and irreverent account of the justices--ideologues and cowards, geniuses and mediocrities, all of them thoroughly human--and a fascinating analysis of a Court that has swung like a pendulum from preserving the Republic to undermining government by the people and back to defending the Constitution. Sprightly, informative, and powerfully argued, this book is guaranteed to give the reader a deeper understanding of America's...

Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan traces the history of America's increasing commitment to nations and regions around the world, arguing that the U.S. is following the paths of other great powers that have fallen victim to imperial overstretch; and argues for a new foreign policy based on George Washington's policy of isolationism.

Radio Host Michael Savage contends that the policies of Barack Obama are seizing power from American citizens, thereby creating a tyranny, and offers suggestions on how to fight against these policies.