Don't Start the Revolution without Me! Book

Prologue: The Country at a Crossroads ix

1 The Need for a New Adventure 1

2 The Road to the Arena 25

3 Down That Texas Trail 47

4 Thinking Politics in Bush Country 65

5 Crossing Borders: A Curious Sense of Security 83

6 Breaking Down Barriers: China and Cuba 101

7 Transitions: Down Mexico Highway 5 123

8 Longing for Light Rail 143

9 Money, Sports, and Politics: A Universal Language 161

10 The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same 179

11 In the Eye of the Hurricane 199

12 At Conception Bay 215

13 Reflections on TV and Teaching 235

14 Thinking War in a Peaceful Place 257

15 Musing in Baja on Changing the System 275

16 A Character in Search of an Ending 291

Epilogue: Why I Didn't Run in 2008 (and Still Might Someday) 305