Bookforum Omnivore - How to Fix the American Political System

From Bookforum Omnivore, an interesting collection of links to articles proposing a variety of different ways to "fix" the American political system - and none of them involve armed revolution.


How to fix the American political system

FEB 19 2013 

5:00PM

• Peter Vonich (AFA): Constitutional Corruption: The Aftermath of Citizens United v. FEC. 
• Eoin Carolan (UCD): Making Government Work for the 99% (and the 47%)?: Why We Need to Rethink the Separation in the Separation of Powers. 
• Kurt Thurber on how to fix the American political system. 
• From Wonkblog, Ezra Klein interviews Steven Teles, author of Kludgeocracy: The American Way of Policy; why Congress can’t seem to get anything done: Dylan Matthews interviews George Tsebelis, author of Veto Players; and John Sides on why gerrymandering is not what’s wrong with American politics. 
• Nate Cohn on why Obama is wrong: Gerrymandering isn't to blame for the GOP fever — the real culprit is much simpler. 
• John Sides and Eric McGhee on how redistricting didn’t win Republicans the House. 
• 50 states redrawn: Neil Freeman on electoral college reform (fifty states with equal population).