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1/5/2006
James Bovard has written an important and timely book. In Attention Deficit Democracy, Bovard focuses on one of the most understudied aspects of modern democratic government, the extent of voter ignorance and the ramifications an ill-informed electorate may have for democratic politics. While social scientists and pundits occasionally note that the public often exhibits shocking displays of ignorance, few have turned to examine how such ignorance actually effects the process of government. As Attention Deficit Democracy discusses how voter ignorance has influenced American democracy, it is an interesting and insightful read that should be of interest to a broad spectrum of readers.
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12/29/2004
In their latest offering, A Patriot’s History of the United States, Professors Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen abandon the “prissy” pretenses of pure ideological objectivity and, rejecting the liberal historical revisionism of recent decades, openly seek to affirm the moral character of the United States and restore her place as a “city on a hill.”
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1/1/2004
[Gregg] Rosenberg makes profound new arguments for analyzing consciousness beyond the current scope of physics, or physicalism, and offers them in a tightly written text, detailed enough to satisfy the professional philosopher, but accessible to a wider educated public.
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