J. Anthony Lukas - Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families

Pros: A massive examination of a complicated subject.

Cons: Not exactly beach reading.

The Bottom Line: This is a good starting point if you want to learn how our cities got "this way."

Review: If you want to start an argument in a crowd of relatively older people, bringing up the subject of school busing might do it. There were few hotter buttons to touch back in the 1970's, as children were bussed around their towns in several instances as...