Refusing Despair Despite 2012 Election Trends

Mon. May 21, 2012:

Important reading assignment, Dear Readers:

1.  George Packer, "Six More Months," in The New Yorker of May 14, 2012:  The election will be an interminably long slog, given the already uninspiring campaigns of Romney and Obama.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2012/05/14/120514taco_talk_packer

2.  Dan Balz, "The Missing Issue in the Presidential Campaign," in the Washington Post of May 19, 2012:  No matter who wins, can Washington govern?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-missing-issue-in-the-presidential-campaign/2012/05/19/gIQAcKIKbU_story.html

3.  Jeffrey Toobin, "Money Unlimited: How Chief Justice John Roberts Orchestrated the Citizens United Decision," in The New Yorker of May 21, 2012:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/21/120521fa_fact_toobin?currentPage=all

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Together, these may take you an hour -- maybe more.  But if you care about our U.S. of A.,
they are worth it.