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On Compromise is an argument against contemporary liberal society’s tendency to view compromise as an unalloyed good - politically, ethically, and artistically. In a series of clear, convincing essays, Rachel Greenwald Smith discusses the dangers of thinking about compromise as an end, rather than as a means.

History has focused on Hitler's use of charisma and terror, asserting that the dictator made few concessions to maintain power. Nathan Stoltzfus, the award-winning author of Resistance of Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Germany, challenges this notion, assessing the surprisingly frequent tactical compromises Hitler made in order to preempt hostility and win the German people's complete fealty.

The eighty-five famous essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay - known collectively as the Federalist Papers - comprise the lens through which we typically view the ideas behind the U.S. Constitution. But we are wrong to do so, writes David Brian Robertson, if we really want to know what the Founders were thinking. In this provocative new account of the framing of the Constitution, Robertson observes that the Federalist Papers represented only one side in a fierce argument that was settled by compromise - in fact, multiple compromises.

In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson connect the rejection of compromise to the domination of campaigning over governing - the permanent campaign - in American democracy today. They show that campaigning for political office calls for a mindset that blocks compromise - standing tenaciously on principle to mobilize voters and mistrusting opponents in order to defeat them. Good government calls for an opposite cluster of attitudes and arguments - the compromising mindset - that inclines politicians to adjust their principles and to respect their opponents.

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Liberty Without CompromiseCo-hosts Dan & Dawna WilsonWebsite: libertywithoutcompromise.comLiberty Without Compromise is a weekly investigative podcast hosted by Dan & Dawna Wilson, focused on truth, accountability, and protecting the most vulnerable in our communities.Broadcast live every Wednesday night from North Idaho, the show examines local government, law enforcement, political influence, church leadership, and institutional power, especially where secrecy, corruption, or abuse are allowed to flourish. Through document analysis, recorded audio, public records, firsthand witness accounts,...

"Spurred by Orlando Shooting, Senator Offers a Gun Control Compromise" is from the June 17, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by David M. Herszenhorn and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Justices, Seeking Compromise, Return Contraception Case to Lower Courts" is from the May 16, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"White House Compromises on House Bill for Puerto Rico Debt Crisis" is from the May 19, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Mary Williams Walsh and narrated by Kristi Burns.