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In The Fourth Branch: Reconstructing the Administrative State for the Commercial Republic Brian J. Cook confronts head-on the accumulating derangements in the American constitutional system and how the administrative state has contributed to the problems, how it has been a key force in addressing the troubles, and how it can be reformed to serve the system better. Cook calls for a decisive, pattern-breaking response in the form of a constitutional redesign to accommodate a fourth branch, an administrative branch.

Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a brilliant diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and a much-needed blueprint for change, from two experts who understand politics and revere our institutions, but believe that Congress has become deeply dysfunctional.

""I don't take responsibility at all."" Those words of Donald Trump at a March 13, 2020, press conference are likely to be history's epitaph on his presidency. A huge swath of Americans have put their faith in Trump, and Trump only, because they see the rest of the country building a future that...

"How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers" is from the August 03, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rukmini Callimachi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

How did a small group of powerful intelligence officials convince tens of millions of Americans that the president is a traitor, without a shred of evidence? Now that every detail and argument set forth in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Russia Hoax has been borne out by the Mueller report...

With the Bush era now in its final years, all eyes are turning to the 2008 political season -- especially those of Democratic voters, who are casting about for a galvanizing leader to help them win back the White House. Longtime political analyst Susan Estrich argues that no candidate even...

Get the inside story on America’s most powerful political dynasty. President George W. Bush leads our nation in a time of unprecedented peril. But how well do we really know him or his remarkable family, whose history often mirrors the history of America? Now, in the first full-scale biography...

Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judge's chambers, the spectators' gallery. From the daily grind of the court to the highest-profile case of the year, Steve Bogira's masterful investigation raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice in America.

"Members of Congress Ask NHL for More Concussion Information" is from the October 10, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Emails Show NHL Officials Acknowledged Harm from Fighting" is from the March 28, 2016, Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Stephen Peat, Former NHL Enforcer, Struggles to Care for Himself" is from the June 01, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Lifeguards at the Olympic Pool? 'Yes, It's Necessary'" is from the August 04, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Tragedy Made Kerr See the World Beyond the Court" is from the December 23, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Warriors Get by without Curry, but His Injury Looms Large" is from the April 19, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Olympian's Mother Leaves a Suitcase at Check-In, and It Is Destroyed" is from the August 15, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"An American Stands on the Shoulders of a Gladiator" is from the August 14, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"The Rules of Olympic Attraction" is from the August 14, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman Continues to Deny CTE Link" is from the July 26, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"NFL Great Ken Stabler Had Brain Disease CTE" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"On the Ropes, Cavaliers Fashion a Lifeline and Tighten the Series" is from the June 14, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by John Branch and narrated by Fleet Cooper.