https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/presidency/ Recent content in Presidency on George's Blog Hugo en-US Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/democracy-in-america/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:30:35 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/democracy-in-america/ <p>This is a great book to build a functional understanding of the how and why of the U.S. government. The first volume is fantastic; the second one is slightly more speculative but still full of good insights.</p> <p>Much has changed since the writing of the book in the 1830s, although one of de Tocqueville&rsquo;s central claims—that Russia and the U.S. were destined to be world powers—has panned out quite nicely. Instead of a full review, which would be insanely long due to the length and breadth of the book, I&rsquo;ll leave some scattered thoughts:</p>