The Death of Civility and Common Sense: How America Can Pull Back from the Brink of Dangerous Polarization - Paperback

by Mike McLeod (Author)

This book was published early in the process of the of the 2016 Presidential and Congressional elections. However things got more polarized through the election process. After Donald Trump was inaugurated he has realized how difficult it is to govern our nation. We can only hope that President Trump is up to the challenge. The future of the free world depends on it. The book is dedicated to former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the greatest and most courageous man the author had ever known.

Author Biography

Mike McLeod has spent a long career in public and private service beginning with his graduation from law school in 1967. His career was interrupted by his service in active duty in the Army National Guard during the riots in Washington in 1967. in his chapter on the horrors of war he notes how this service saved him form service in Vietnam--service which made his friend Max Cleland a paraplegic.