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What Unites Us by Elliot Kirschner, Dan Rather
4.0

Political therapy.

Dan Rather has composed a really wonderful memoir/history, organized conceptually by such topics as empathy, courage, education, service, science, and environment. While Rather certainly waxes nostalgic, he does not remain lost in the past. He examines the best of America as well as where we’ve fallen so very short in living up to our purported ideals. For me, What Unites Us provided some much needed hope. America’s story isn’t over.