April Book Club Meeting: 4/24, 6 p.m.

Hi everyone: We had a fun discussion last evening among ourselves and (on Skype) with the author of last month’s book.

So changes are starting next month (good ones I think). In April and going forward, we’ll meet at Rough Draft Bar & Books in Kingston on the last Tuesday of every month. So that means that next month’s meeting is 4/24, 6 p.m. (And no more Doodle polls, yippee!)

The book that we voted on for April is How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future.

If you’re someone who like most of us doesn’t get enough time to read, here’s an option: read a few reviews of the book, which is always enough to participate in the discussion. Here are a few for this month’s book:
• https://newrepublic.com/article/145916/democracy-dies-donald-trump-contempt-for-american-political-institutions
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/08/how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt-review
• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-how-democracies-die-what-history-tells-us-about-our-future-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt-wcp9m0mxg
• https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-how-democracies-die-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt-viking

Also, in the last few minutes of our discussion, we’ll vote on our next few books. A list of those under consideration is here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/bookshelf/395286-kingston-ny-s-policy-politics-book-club

Thanks. Steven