What Happens on That First Plane Ride to Washington?
Focus on Congress: How it got off the track, why it stays unaccountable to us, and what we can do about it, are the subjects of discussion of two books — one from each side of the political aisle. For many decades our nation has been preoccupied with the dangers of communism on the one hand, or of the radical right on the other. All the while our Congress has been getting drunker and more out of control with spending, and ever more incapable of constructive legislation. Two eminent people — RICHARD N. GOODWIN, creator of the Alliance for Progress for Kennedy, and the Great Society for Johnson: and ERIC FELTEN, of the Heritage Foundation, who reports from the U.S. Congress Assessment Project — focus on Congress and turn a revealing light on that branch of our government. They are essentially in agreement in regard to both diagnosis and cure of the monster Congress has become, which gives much hope for the establishment of dialogue among those who would embrace the common ground of le
