I'll have more to say about it as the official publication date (Sept. 8, says Amazon; Sept. 15, says Basic Books) approaches. But it's for sale at Amazon right now.

Murray Polner and I are excited about it -- the various selections are eclectic and compelling. It features (among many others) Daniel Webster, John Randolph, John Quincy Adams, Charles Sumner, Julia Ward Howe, Lysander Spooner, Stephen Crane, William Graham Sumner, William Jennings Bryan, Robert La Follette, Randolph Bourne, Helen Keller, Jeanette Rankin, David Dellinger, Robert Taft, Murray Rothbard, Russell Kirk, George McGovern, Philip and Daniel Berrigan, Country Joe & the Fish, Andrew Bacevich, Pat Buchanan, Bill Kauffman, Paul Craig Roberts, Howard Zinn, and Lew Rockwell. Diverse enough?