In this political memoir, the governor of Texas and front-runner for president in the year 2000 tells us who he is and what he stands for. The George W. Bush who leaps off these pages has his father's energy, his mother's tart and honest wit, and his own irreverence and impatience. He has prospered as George and Barbara's boy -- "How can I deny it?" -- but has walked a very fine line between loyalty and independence.
He addresses the questions that may well decide who becomes the next president: crime, education, abortion, tax and tort reform, and the continuing battle "for the soul" of the Republican Party. He is, by no one's definition, a conventional candidate.
Will George W. Bush become the next president of the United States? A Charge to Keep will help the American public decide.
George W. has been labeled a lightweight by some; A Charge to Keep will do nothing to dispel that notion. It features lots of Bush family memories and numerous mentions of George W.'s famous parents, including letters from his president father. George W. has followed closely in his father's footsteps, attending the same prep school and college. He even belonged to the same secret society at Yale, Skull and Bones. From college it was on to flight school and the Texas Air National Guard, Harvard Business School, and then (again, like his father) the Texas oil business and politics. George W. seems mostly in sync with his father on policy issues as well. "A thousand points of light" is transformed slightly to become "compassionate conservative," which pops up in the final chapter more than 10 times. Readers will come away knowing many of the experiences and events that have helped shaped George W., but his future is still an open book. --Linda Killian
The financial industry's perseverance through conflicts in securities policy has been remarkable. American securities, the broadest and most active economic market, sets the standard for the world. The critical feature to industry survival is the enforcement strategy, which regulates securities transactions and provides a process-induced equilibrium among participants. The reason that the SEC and its protective subgovernment have not only endured, but thrived when its counterparts were swept away, it this devotion to a regulatory strategy based on disclosure enforcement that has held the securities industry together.
Events of the last 12 months have led to a crisis in American values. With the passage of the so-called Patriot Act, the War Powers Act, and the presidential edict establishing military tribunals, with Congress and the major mass media championing the government party line, civil liberties and the founding democratic principles of the United States of America are in grave jeopardy. Dissent and disagreement have become "unpatriotic" and "un-American."
A Time for Choices addresses these contemporary challenges to democracy through dialogues that expand the field of possibilities with the views of leading thinkers, educators, political analysts, activists, social innovators, clergy, journalists, philosophers, and spiritual teachers. These are the voices of the fourth branch of government, the bedrock of American democracy-the people-speaking out and questioning policy. The dialogues are grouped in nine sections and include:
Reflections on 9-11: Terry Tempest Williams and Robert Fuller
What is Democracy: Kevin Danaher and Lynne Twist
The Media is the Message: Paul Hawken, Anita Roddick, and Norman Solomon
Giving Peace a Voice: Howard Zinn and Susan Griffin
The Search for Security: William McDonough and John Mohawk
The People - The 4th Branch of Government: Noam Chomsky and Amy Goodman
The Spiritual Dimension: Joanna Macy and Thomas Moore
Other Voices: As'ad Abukhalil and Tahmeena Farval
Visions of the Future: Vicki Robin and Jean Houston
The book will appeal to all seeking to understand the deeper roots of the crises facing the United States.
Michael Toms is the co-founder and principal host of New Dimensions Radio-heard on more than 350 stations in the U.S. He has spent 30 years covering social change and global transformation issues. The Board Chairman Emeritus of the California Institute of Integral Studies, Toms is the author of many books on business, work, Buddhism, and social issues.
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