Elections & Political Parties

Selected reviews of Made in Texas are available below:

Sunday, January 12, 2003 The historian trying to understand the present, Arnold Toynbee said, is like the man with his nose pressed against the mirror trying to see his whole body. Michael Lind, a fifth-generation Texan and author of five earlier books on American history and politics, is mindful of Toynbee's concern: What did Zhou Enlai think of the French Revolution, Lind recounts Henry Kissinger's famous… more

This bold book proposes to take American politics in a totally new direction -- away from "our rigid two-party cartel" and toward a centrism that currently doesn't exist in an electoral sense.

Please see below for a sampling of the reviews garnered by The Radical Center:

Sunday, November 11, 2001 Someday, it is… more

For all their scoffing at former president Clinton's "I feel your pain" oversentimentality, Republicans seem to have fallen prey to the same affliction. One can't help wondering, though, about… more

In nominating John Ashcroft for attorney general and Gale Norton as interior secretary, President-elect George Bush is ignoring what over the past decade has become the first law of… more

Al Gore may well be wondering what happened to 4% of his votes. George W. Bush isn't likely asking any questions about his 5% … more

When we hear the term "religious activists" on the evening news, we think automatically of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and a parade of conservative Christian evangelicals.

Let's be honest. If Al Gore's selection of a Jew as his running mate costs him votes, it's not going to be with Southern rednecks, who weren't going to vote for him anyway--or with evangelicals, … more

One day the Democratic Party may wake up and wonder where all the black people have gone. While blacks over 50, especially older black women, remain solidly Democratic, the young are increasingly alienated from politics in general -- and from the Democratic Party in particular.

Now that high-profile black Republicans like… more