A book I'd like my elected officials to read
The Century asked professors, writers, and policy makers to tell us about a book they would want to hand to their elected officials to read.
When Presbyterian pastor Rich Jones had a chance to meet Hillary Clinton in July, he presented her with a copy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Works of Love. We asked professors, writers, and policy makers to tell us about a book they would want to hand to their elected officials to read. Surprisingly, and independently of one another, three of the seven respondents chose the same book. (Perhaps less surprisingly, it wasn’t Works of Love.) All seven replies are linked below.
The political power of a local carrot, by Bill McKibben: By some estimates, three quarters of Americans don't really know their next-door neighbor. . . .
Tennessee: poster child for a broken system, by Emilie Townes: A justice system oriented mainly toward punishing offenders can have tragic consequences. . . .
