Inkberry Books

Sauturday May 30th at 7:00

From theory to practice: Talking Home Rule Politics for Boulder County

SUGGESTED READING

Fiction: The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun. “I’m not going to stick around with politicians who are bent on abusing, stealing, starving or poisoning me. … The American people deserve political partners who will treat them with respect. I’ll vote for anyone who can honestly say, I love you … and then act like it. Pp. 240-241.

Political Science: Tyranny of the Minority, by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt. “Why are threats to American democracy emerging now, in the early twenty-first century? After all, the Constitution is centuries old. Understanding how we got here is a principal task of this book. The more urgent question, however, is how to get out. One thing is clear: Our institutions will not save our democracy. We will have to save it ourselves.” P. 11.

Philosophy: Democracy in America, Volume One, By Alexis de Tocqueville (Arthur Goldhammer translation). “WHAT IS MOST STRIKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL STATE OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS IS THAT IT IS ESSENTIALLY DEMOCRATIC

First immigrants to New England. – Equal among themselves. – Aristocratic laws introduced in the South. Epoch of the Revolution. – Change in the laws of inheritance. – Effects produced by this change. – Equality pushed to its ultimate limits in the new states of the West. –Equality of intellect.” P. 52.