Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Part 1 A Time for Change
1 The Myth of Red America versus Blue America 3
2 An Unreformed Right: Why Republicans Failed to Govern Successfully 13
3 An Unreformed Left: Why Democrats Can't Deliver Real Change 27
4 Katrina, Michigan, and Beyond: How the Old Order Is Failing America 43
5 Failure in Education: Death Knell of the Old Order 55
Part 2 Real Change is Possible
6 Replacing the Old Order: America Has Done It Before and We Can Do It Again 71
7 Becoming a Citizen Leader 79
8 Replacing the Old Order: Lessons from Britain and France 97
9 An Example of Real Change and a Failure to Change: Giuliani's New York City versus Iraq as Contrasts in Change Leadership 103
Part 3 Real Change Requires Real Solutions
10 An Immigration Policy That Makes Sense 125
11 Real Change to Achieve Enduring Prosperity for American Workers 133
12 Real Change for Social Security 149
13 American History Requires Real Change in Today's Judiciary 163
14 How We Balanced the Budget and How We Can Balance It Again 177
15 NASA versus the Culture of Competitive Entrepreneurship 187
16 Green Conservatism Is the Real Answer to Environmental Challenges 195
17 Energy Strategies for National Security, the Environment, and the Economy 201
18 The Next Generation of Air and Rail Transportation 207
19 The Need for Fundamental Prison Reform 213
20 Why the Current Bureaucratic Health System Can't Work and How to Transform It 219
21 Rethinking National Security and Homeland Security: Where Do We Go from Here? 243
Conclusion 247
Acknowledgments 251
Appendix 1 The Platform of the American People 257
Appendix 2 The Solutions Lab266
Appendix 3 Welfare Reform as a Case Study in Successful Real Change 268
Appendix 4 D-Day Radio Prayer of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 275
Appendix 5 Health Values 278
Appendix 6 Four Areas Requiring Transformation to Achieve Health Insurance Coverage for All Americans 281
Appendix 7 Excerpt from Window of Opportunity: A Blueprint for the Future 285
Appendix 8 "What If? An Alternative History of the War since 9/11," Excerpts from speech delivered by Newt Gingrich at the American Enterprise Institute, September 10, 2007... 290
Index 309
