The End of the 00s: How To Lose Your Idealism In Under Ten Years, by Natasha Vargas-Cooper.
It’s easier than you’d think.
Really excellent. Gosh, you should talk to my bf up in Albany! (Things he’s dealt with: Elliott Spitzer, the attempted Senate coup, coming face to face with politicians bought and sold by lobbies, resulting in policies that make no sense to anyone who likes people.)