What are you reading?

Kobi · 04-15-2017, 09:54 AM

"The Nixon Effect examines the 37th presidents political legacy in broad-ranging ways that make clear, for the first time, the breadth and duration of his influence on American political life. The book argues that Nixon is the key political figure in postwar American politics in multiple ways, some barely acknowledged until now. His legacy includes a generational shift in the ideological orientations of both the Republican and Democratic parties; the Nixon influence, both intentional and unintentional, was to push both parties further out to their ideological poles. So stark was Nixons influence on party identities that it shaped the hardened partisan polarization in Washington today and the evolution of what has come to be called Red and Blue America,"--Amazon.com.

I'm a history person so this kind of book appeals to me. Not sure I agree with the authors conclusions but it is something to mull over.

Also reading various and sundry books on the value of living trusts over wills. More to ponder.

04-15-2017, 09:54 AM	#11
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,635 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	The Nixon effect : how Richard Nixon's presidency fundamentally changed American politics / Douglas E. Schoen. "The Nixon Effect examines the 37th presidents political legacy in broad-ranging ways that make clear, for the first time, the breadth and duration of his influence on American political life. The book argues that Nixon is the key political figure in postwar American politics in multiple ways, some barely acknowledged until now. His legacy includes a generational shift in the ideological orientations of both the Republican and Democratic parties; the Nixon influence, both intentional and unintentional, was to push both parties further out to their ideological poles. So stark was Nixons influence on party identities that it shaped the hardened partisan polarization in Washington today and the evolution of what has come to be called Red and Blue America,"--Amazon.com. I'm a history person so this kind of book appeals to me. Not sure I agree with the authors conclusions but it is something to mull over. Also reading various and sundry books on the value of living trusts over wills. More to ponder. __________________