AEIOpeners: Norm Ornstein's reading list
Norman J. Ornstein
August 10, 2012

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Norm Ornstein is a resident scholar specializing in politics and public opinion. He is a columnist for "Roll Call" as well as an election eve analyst for CBS News. He served as codirector of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project and participates in AEI's Election Watch series. He also served as a senior counselor to the Continuity of Government Commission.

"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion," Jonathan Haidt, 2012

A tour de force of how people develop a moral sensibility.

"The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown," Richard Hasen, 2012

A top-notch election law expert on all the controversies on voting in America.

"The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands it and Campaigning Undermines It," Amy Gutmann, Dennis Thompson, 2012

By two terrific political theorists about how the idea of compromise is woven into the fabric of America's Constitution and society, and what happens when we lose it.

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Norman J.
Ornstein
  • Norman Ornstein is a long-time observer of Congress and politics. He is a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic and is an election eve analyst for BBC News. He served as codirector of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project and participates in AEI's Election Watch series. He also served as a senior counselor to the Continuity of Government Commission. Mr. Ornstein led a working group of scholars and practitioners that helped shape the law, known as McCain-Feingold, that reformed the campaign financing system. He was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004. His many books include The Permanent Campaign and Its Future (AEI Press, 2000); The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, with Thomas E. Mann (Oxford University Press, 2006, named by the Washington Post one of the best books of 2006 and called by The Economist "a classic"); and, most recently, the New York Times bestseller, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism, also with Tom Mann, published in May 2012 by Basic Books. It was named as one of 2012's best books on pollitics by The New Yorker and one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post.
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    Email: nornstein@aei.org

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