DFA Bookshelf

 

Gettysburg DFA has organized a talented group of political analysts and writers to produce a series of reports on important issues of the day. A limited number of these reports are available for a donation of $10 to help defray printing and mailing expenses. Make the check out to Gettysburg DFA and send to Leon Reed, 205 Old Mill Rd., Gettysburg, PA 17325 

What’s at Stake in 2020? October 2020. 50 pages.

Important pre-election analysis of the stakes in the 2020 election. A good cross check on what the Biden Administration is accomplishing. Topics include:

  • Can We Have a Democratic Election? Tom DeLoe

  • What’s at Stake for Millennials? Leon Reed

  • Stand Back and Stand By. Militias and the Rest of Us, Jenine Weaver

  • Law and Order Cannot Divide Us, Todd Rowley

  • Covita: The Man on the Balcony and the Rule of Law, Leon Reed

  • How Republicans Might Approach a Second Term, Mark Berg

  • Good or Bad Government, Jeanne Duffy

 

A Reform Agenda for 2021, March 2021, 69 pages.

Analysis of national, state, and local issues that will affect our government and politics in the first Biden term. Topics include all the essays contained in the “Can Democracy Survive?” report, plus topics such as:

  • Trump’s Legacy, the Big Lie, Mark Berg

  • Private Militias, not Just Dangerous but Illegal, Judy Young

  • Rebuilding the Civil Service, Leon Reed

  • Biden Aims High for Housing Aid, Bill Gilmartin

  • Healthcare essays by Jeanne Duffy and Mary Frances Colvin

  • Essays on Climate Changes and the Energy of the Future by Jeff Colvin and Tom DeLoe

  • Foreign and Defense Policy, Jeff Colvin

Poverty in Adams County. April 2021, 51 pages.

In-depth review of poverty in Adams County, including analysis of the effects of the COVID virus. Analysis of contributors to poverty, such as job market, workforce, affordable housing, transportation, health, education, incarceration, etc.

 

Can Democracy Survive?, April 2021, 43 pages.

The democratic system is under continuing threat from a political party that refuses to accept the results of a presidential election and is working to undermine our democratic system of government. Attacks have come in the courts and state legislatures as well as physical attacks on state capitols and the Congress of the United States. This report analyzes some of the problems and solutions.

  • Description of DFA’s Democracy Project, Gettysburg DFA Steering Committee

  • Reforming and Rebuilding our Democracy, Tom DeLoe

  • Electoral College, by Jeff Colvin

  • The Filibuster, Leon Reed

  • Making Our Democracy Work, Locally, Carolyn George

  • Critical Ballot Questions, Jeanne Duffy

  • Redistricting, Steve Niebler

  • The Need for a National Civics Initiative, Leon Reed