He doesn't know, but I'm cross-posting this for him.
Seven Books:
Listed below are seven books that, in my opinion, every American with an opinion should read and discuss with fellow Americans.
1) Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, by Robert N. Bellah, et al.
2) The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture, by Wendell Berry
3) The Financier, by Theodore Dreiser
4) Notes of a Native Son, by James Baldwin
5) Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole, by Benjamin R. Barber
6) Real American Ethics: Taking Responsibility for Our Country, by Albert Borgmann
7) Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, by William Leach
A Thought:
Observing all the clamor from the conservatives castigating Obama and depicting him as a socialist and defacer of the Constitution, I began to get frustrated until I had this thought: We progressives were similarly disparaging during the past eight years.
As an adult, I have only experienced two presidents. Now I see that a change of administrations also means a change in who is grumbling about the collapse of the nation. If citizens from opposing ideological perspectives are ever to engage in any productive dialogue, we all need to temper our complaints and accusations. Grumbling has little positive effect. We all need to better articulate our opinions, especially when our opinions are not aligned with that of the current presidential administration. I'm sorry I didn't realize that when Bush was in office and I was the one grumbling.