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Hi John --
Next Wednesday June
5th at 2:00pm ET Open
Primaries President John Opdycke will talk with author Frank Barry
about both his new book Back Roads and Better
Angels: A Journey into the Heart of American Democracy
and his previous book, The
Scandal of Reform which
investigated how political reform in the hands of partisan insiders
can be used to entrench their power.
But who is Frank Barry?
Well, here’s what former
Congressman and OP Spokesperson Mickey Edwards had to say on
Barry:
“Years ago, I read a book by
Frank Barry called "The
Scandal of Reform: The Grand Failures of New York's Political
Crusaders and the Death of Nonpartisanship."
I bought it, read it, and not a
lightbulb but a whole bank of blinking lights went off in my head. All
of the ideas that had been circling around my brain started to come
into focus. I understood how it was not the players but the
extra-constitutional party-centered structure of both our election AND
governing systems that were the problem. That book by Frank changed my
entire focus.”
REGISTER:
Don’t Explain. Listen: A Conversation w/ Frank Barry
Frank’s new book, Back
Roads and Better Angels: A Journey into the Heart of American
Democracy, brings together two of America’s unifying loves — road trips
and Abraham Lincoln. He takes readers on a thought-provoking journey
into the heart of our democracy and the soul of our country through
the voices of everyday Americans to see more clearly what still brings
us all together — even amidst political divisions that have grown
increasingly rancorous, bitter, and exhausting.
Don’t miss this one. Register today:
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