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One of the worst public works boondoggles in our region is about to get worse unless our elected
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Two bills were introduced in the last Legislative session to study flooding in the Houston region. Both died in committee. SB1269 was
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Harvey was an extraordinary event and calls for an extraordinary response. That response may include raising more revenue
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American democracy is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are collapsing. Democrats and Republicans no longer merely argue; they cut off contact with each other. In short, the two-party system is breaking our democracy, and driving us all crazy.
Deftly weaving together history, democratic theory, and cutting edge political science research, Drutman tells the story of how American politics became so toxic, why the country is trapped in a doom loop of escalating two-party warfare, and why it is destroying the shared sense of fairness and legitimacy on which democracy depends.