Christopher Phillips is an educator, author, and pro-democracy activist.
"An engaging and informative narrator, Phillips intersperses the
modern-day conversations with Jefferson’s thoughts about the issues
under discussion and the founding fathers’ own disagreements as
they framed the Constitution. In an era of hyper-partisanship, it’s
refreshing to read instances of Americans from all political
persuasions holding rational, respectful, and thought-provoking
conversations with one another."
*Publisher’s Weekly*
"The author skillfully interweaves a history of the early days of
the Republic and the disputes at that time with a discussion of
Jefferson’s involvement with constitutional issues in the state of
Virginia as well as for the country as a whole, and he offers
useful insight to Jefferson’s thoughts over his long career. A
provocative extension of Jefferson’s original plan."
*Kirkus Reviews*
"The United States needs constitutional change, but how to get it
done? Christopher Phillips has the right answer. Get Americans
talking to Americans about how we can improve our nation. Phillips
has combined the approach of Socrates and the wisdom of Jefferson
to show us the way."
*Dr. Larry J. Sabato, author of A More Perfect Constitution and
Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics*
"A truly radical and deeply patriotic book, Constitution Café
illustrates the power and promise of democracy, using the
extra-ordinary conversations of ordinary citizens to re-animate the
founding ideas and documents of this country. America needs this
book...now!"
*Stephen Duncombe, author of Dream: Re-Imagining Progressive
Politics in an Age of Fantasy*
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