I finished Miracle at Philadelphia. For anyone who is interested in the United States Constitution - and how it came to be - the arguments that helped give birth to it - this book is essential reading. One of the most beautiful things about this book is that you see that those who were AGAINST "consolidation", those who opposed the new Constitution, were almost more essential to the convention than those who were FOR. It was the opposing arguments that helped clarify what needed to be included in the Constitution and what needed to be left out. With unanimous approval, we would have been in pretty big trouble.
I'm now reading two new books:
Letters to a Young Contrarian, by Christopher Hitchens, and Break, Blow, Burn, Camille Paglia's new book on poetry.
Great fun, both of them. Great fun.
Posted by sheilaRed, BTW, I think the Camile Paglia book is listed on your "Buy me something" list at Amazon - -
Posted by: Stevie at May 23, 2005 9:08 AMI've pushed The Ordeal of the Constitution in this space more than once, but I hope once more won't hurt. I'll also take the opportunity to recommend Professor Randy Barnett's Restoring the Lost Constitution.
Also, the Land of the Lost DVD...which I now have (heh, heh, heh).
Posted by: Ken Hall at May 23, 2005 9:39 AMStevie -
Oops! Thanks - I took it off. I couldn't wait for someone to send it to me as a gift - I had to go ahead and buy it.
Posted by: red at May 23, 2005 12:35 PM