Date Posted	January 01, 2006
News Title	New Book Stresses Nation’s Values at Stake in the 2004 Presidential Election
Posted By	Bobby Bernshausen
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Threatened by a radical conservative movement that seeks to fundamentally alter the balance our system has struck between private rights, the public good, and government, America stands at a crossroad. The heart of our democracy is at risk. We Still Hold These Truths, a new book by Ron Hirsch, brings these points to the fore and calls on mainstream Americans across a broad political spectrum to unite in its defense. Using the Declaration of Independence as a touchstone, We Still Hold These Truths examines nine key areas of domestic and foreign policy to define “an American manifesto,” an ideological framework for the Democratic Party that will resonate across political lines and the policy positions that flow from it. It recaptures the word “Liberal” as a centrist American concept, rooted in our founding documents. And, it shows why the direction of the current Bush administration is dangerous and destructive to our historic values. We Still Hold These Truths presents a positive vision of America to help the Democratic Party win the hearts and minds of the American people, take back the White House and Congress in 2004, and fuel a progressive revival. The book has been acclaimed by James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic, as “a systematic and serious effort to make the debate as clear and valuable as it can be … the questions he is asking are the right ones for the public this year.” John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff, endorses the book as making “a valuable contribution to the progressive revival taking shape across America.” Hirsch has had a varied career as a teacher, legal aid lawyer, survey researcher, a nonprofit executive, composer and volunteer. A graduate of Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School, he has developed position papers on a wide range of social policy issues, seen firsthand the powerlessness of the poor, helped create social service projects that involved thousands of lawyers throughout the country and authored three groundbreaking works on the legal profession. We Still Hold These Truths is available in softcover (ISBN 1-58939-587-5) from Virtualbookworm.com, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Borders.com. The book can also be ordered from most bookstores around the United States and the United Kingdom. More information about the book, pre-publication acclaim, and the author can be found at www.westillholdthesetruths.com. -30-
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