Truthout is proud to bring you an exclusive series from America's No. 1 progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann. Starting today, we'll be publishing weekly installments of Hartmann's acclaimed new book, "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country." We invite Truthout readers to join us over the next 12 weeks as, chapter by chapter, we explore these groundbreaking ideas for national transformation. We begin today with the book's introduction.



  • Chapter 1: “Bring My Job Home!”
  • Chapter 2: “Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts”
  • Chapter 3: “Stop Them from Eating My Town”
  • Chapter 4: “An Informed and Educated Electorate”
  • Chapter 5: “Medicare ‘Part E’—for Everybody”
  • Chapter 6: “Make Members of Congress Wear NASCAR Patches”
  • Chapter 7: “Cool Our Fever”
  • Chapter 8: “They Will Steal It”
  • Chapter 9: “Put Lou Dobbs out to Pasture”
  • Chapter 10: “Wal-Mart Is Not a Person”
  • Chapter 11: “In the Shadow of the Dragon”
I intend to add a link here as each chapter becomes available online. If the Alexander Hamilton quote becomes too tedious just skip to the end of the indent.