The Real State of the Union: From the Best Minds in America, Bold Solutions to the Problems Politicians Dare Not Address

Halstead, Ted

ISBN 10: 0465050522 / ISBN 13: 9780465050529

Published by Basic Books (AZ), New York, NY, 2004

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Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 287 p. New America Books (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight inside pages, closed pages have shelfwear dust. No bent corners. remainder mark. SC 320.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Real State of the Union: From the Best Minds in America, Bold Solutions to the Problems Politicians Dare Not Address
• Publisher: Basic Books (AZ), New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465050522
• ISBN 13: 9780465050529
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Condition: Very good.

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Synopsis

Resulting from a collaboration between The Atlantic Monthly magazine and the New America Foundation, The Real State of the Union features 18 original essays on the most important facets of our national well-being. Written by many of our nation's most insightful observers, the essays provide an objective and penetrating analysis of the most critical challenges facing America as well as innovative solutions to many of them.The State of the Union Address is among the nation's oldest rituals, but one that has deviated from its original purpose: Rather than a candid assessment of the country or a meaningful self-evaluation by the current administration, it has become a political spectacle marked by self-congratulation and spin. The Real State of the Union seeks to turn an empty exercise into a more meaningful national dialogue about the social, political, and economic health of our country. Rejecting the political correctness of both parties, this volume tells the American public what it needs to know about the real problems that plague the country and why the political solutions that are offered too often fail to address the real nature of those problems.

About the Author

Ted Halstead is President of the New America Foundation and is the author (with Michael Lind) of the Radical Center: The Future of American Politics. He lives in Washington, D.C.