For many years I subscribed to the Wilson Quarterly and enjoyed it when it landed in my mailbox. There were almost always several articles worth reading and shorter articles including Book Reviews that I found interesting. It was a very thought provoking and often gave me a look and differing perspectives on various issues. But they stopped printing and I miss it.

These articles are still published but on the web. Since I still get email from them, this morning, I decided to read an article pointing how our government still works and why the founders designed it the way they did. It was interesting reading since so much of the news around our government lately has been about the gridlock in Washington that led to the recent government shutdown and debt crisis.

The article The Gridlock Illusion by R. Shep Melnick which is subtitled “If Washington seems to get much less done than it once did, it is partly because it is trying to do so much more” is well-worth reading.

The Wilson Quarterly is published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. They list several subscription options on their website. I’ll be doing a little thinking about which makes makes sense for me.