The Path to Paralysis: How American Politics Became Nasty, Dysfunctional, and a Threat to the Republic

How did the world’s oldest democracy lose its mojo? How did we get to a point where we face existential crises like climate change yet leaders can’t agree that there’s a problem let alone develop solutions? Political leaders bear some of the responsibility. Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Donald Trump, to name a few, have shattered political norms and transformed our politics into a free—for—all in which personal attacks, appeals to bigotry and fear, disregard for truth, and disdain for gove...