American democracy feels louder than ever-and less capable of governing.The problem is not passion. The problem is mediation.In More Republic, Less Cowbell, David L. Page argues that modern American politics did not break because citizens stopped caring or leaders lost virtue. The system broke because the institutions designed to convert conflict into law were quietly dismantled. Political parties lost their gatekeeping role. Congressional structures hollowed out. ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.American democracy feels louder than ever—and less capable of governing.The problem is not passion. The problem is mediation.In More Republic, Less Cowbell, David L. Page argues that modern American politics did not break because citizens stopped caring or leaders lost virtue. The system broke because the institutions designed to convert conflict into law were quietly dismantled. Political parties lost their gat...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.American democracy has never thrived on unanimity. From Shays’s Rebellion to January 6, from the Boston Tea Party to the Chicago riots of 1968, our history reveals a cantankerous people—protesting, quarreling, and, at times, rioting. Yet through this discord, the Republic has endured.David L. Page, Ph.D., argues that America’s strength lies not in a unity of ideas but in an ideal of unity. Drawing on James Madison’s theory of fa...