In The Byzantine Pineapple, Bill Poje takes a hard look at how complex and unfair our social, economic, legal, and political (SELP) systems have become. It actually offers a solution. Poje argues that the endless stream of new laws, tax changes, and welfare programs makes...

The Impolite Canadian by Kumaran Nadesan takes a hard look at how Canada’s reputation for politeness shapes the way Canadians assert themselves at home and abroad. Nadesan argues that Canadians can speak directly while remaining respectful, using that approach to strengthen Canada’s place in the...

Rabble Rouser is John L. Skosey's firsthand account of the fight to save the University of Illinois Hospital in 1989, a battle he led as President of the Medical Staff. The trouble begins one week before Christmas 1988, when University President Stanley O. Ikenberry announces...

In Hijacked, Alan Cohen traces how political power moved from citizens toward large corporations as deregulation expanded from the late twentieth century onward. He connects Ronald Reagan’s tax policies to reduced union power, then follows the protection given to banks after the 2008 financial collapse...

We the Presidents: How a Century of Presidents from Harding to Trump Forged Today’s America by Ronald Gruner is an updated version of a book first published in 2022. This update includes a section on the Biden presidency as well as the current second presidency...

Vietnam's Modern Day Boat People by Shira Sebban follows Vietnamese asylum seekers returned from Australia after arriving by sea, beginning with Tran Thi Thanh Loan, a Catholic mother facing prison in Vietnam after officials sent her family back. Sebban enters the case through a newspaper...

Human Nature, Systems, and Christianity by Huizhen Sheng explores how the way we run our countries and economies comes right out of the inner workings of our minds. Sheng explains that our brains are split between a survival-driven side, which is basically the biological root...

The Department of Obvious Reforms by Ram Rajcoomar is a manifesto on how to turn public policy into a simple exchange between state and citizen: reduce public cost, then receive public reward. Ram builds that case through reforms that treat responsibility as something recorded, priced,...

How Many Is Enough? The Defining Issue of the 21st Century presents Valorie M. Allen’s case that population growth is behind the environmental pressures now shaping daily life. The book explains why cleaner technology cannot solve the problem on its own, since every additional person...

FBI Snitches, Blackmail, and Obscene Ethics at the Supreme Court by Alex Charns is one of those rare books that reads like a legal thriller. Charns, a criminal defense attorney who spent over four decades pursuing secret FBI files through federal courts, reveals how J....