'Democracy In One Book Or Less' Proposes Solutions To U.S. Government Ills
David Litt, former speechwriter to President Obama and author of Thanks, Obama, refreshingly debunks myths about our founders, pointing up false narratives and warped historical perceptions.
by Martha Anne Toll
Jun 19, 2020
3 minutes
Our twin pandemics in the forefront at the moment â racism and health â underscore a democracy in crisis.
David Litt, author of Thanks, Obama and a speechwriter for the 44th president, has a prescription: Democracy In One Book Or Less: How it Works, Why Litt refreshingly debunks myths about our founders, pointing up false narratives and warped historical perceptions. He is explicit on the calamitous risks of a widening income gap that concentrates power in the one percent. The racism that erodes our democracy bears repeating as well, and loudly.
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