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1/x - When I first got to graduate school, in 1988, people were handing around an unpublished essay, by Juan Linz, arguing that presidential government was fundamentally flawed.
2/x - Photocopying stuff still cost actual money back then so people shared dog-eared copies. I remember how many underlines and marginal comments were on that one from Linz.
It was one of the first things I read after I decided to become a political scientist and it's still one of the most important. Over the years, I've criticized parts of it, circled back around and re-read it, reconsidered.
I'd like something I write to be as thought-provoking and worthy of sustained engagement. It's a goal. Meanwhile, here are some thoughts about Linz, 33 years after I first read him - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/did-trump-prove-that-governments-with-presidents-just-dont-work/2021/02/04/9e9c69f2-5f3f-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html
