The History of Democracy Has Yet to Be Written: How We Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again

End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy. In 2008, Geoghegan-then an established labor lawyer and prolific writer?-embarked on a campaign to represent Chicago's Fifth District in Congress. For ninety days, he knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and made fundraising calls. On election night he lost, badly. But this humbling experience helped him develop a framework...