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We live in a nation that is out of tune. Partisan disagreements grow ever more strident as the gap between the rich and poor grows ever larger. Broken Strings, Missing Notes challenges the conservative oligarchy of ideological extremists and religious legalists that threatens our democratic rights and individual liberties. It speaks to those seeking to build a more just, humane, and sustainable society, to religious communities concerned about distortions of their traditions, to conservatives concerned about fiscal irresponsibility and our costly mistakes in Iraq, and to liberals searching for new ways to express their ideals.
It features a political critique of our nation focused on the weakened state of our system of checks and balances and our failure to remember the guiding principles of our founders; an economic critique of deregulation, privatization, and globalization based on more than 30 years of corporate experience as an engineer, manager, officer, and director; and a theological critique of the religious right emphasizing the stories and parables in the Gospels.
This book uses a metaphorical model of our democracy based on the violin to unite its various themes. This model is the inspiration for the title of the book as well as its goal -- to ensure that there are no longer any "broken strings" or "missing notes" in our society.
Broken Strings, Missing Notes...strengthening democracy and seeking justice in a nation out of tune by Larry J. Eriksson. First Edition; 5˝ x 8˝; 384 pages; ISBN 0-9721875-1-0; $16.95; Fall, 2005.
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