Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004Penguin, 28 de juny 2005 - 720 pàgines Cause for jubilation: One of America’s wisest and most necessary voices has distilled what he knows about politics, broadly speaking, into one magnificent volume. Here at last are Henrik Hertzberg’s most significant, hilarious, and devastating dispatches from the American scene he has chronicled for four decades with an uncanny blend of moral seriousness, high spirits, and perfect rhetorical pitch. Politics is at once the story of American life from LBJ to GWB and a testament to the power of the written word in the right hands. In those hands, politics encompasses everyone from Jerry Garcia to Rush Limbaugh, every place from New Hampshire to Nicaragua, and everything from Playboy vs. Penthouse to Bush vs. Gore. Hendrik Hertzberg breaks down American politics into its component parts—campaigns, debates, rhetoric, the media, wars (cultural, countercultural, and real), high crimes and misdemeanors, the right, and more. Each section begins with a new piece of writing framing the subject at hand and contains the choicest, most illuminating pieces from his body of work. Politics is a tour of the defining moments of American life from the mid-’60s till the mid-’00s, a ride though recent American history with one of the most insightful and engaging guides imaginable, a writer who consistently makes us see more clearly and feel more deeply. “Politics is invaluable for all sorts of reasons—chief among them being decades of elegant writing in the service of surgical intelligence.”—Toni Morrison |
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... MORAL IDEOLOGUE THE CHILD MONARCH SCALING MT. KENNEDY 3. SPEECHIFYIN' IN PRAISE OF JUDSON WELLIVER WASCALLY WOSS SPEEDING TICKET TWO SPEECHES BIG TALK STAR-SPANGLED BANTER TALKING POINTS THE WORD FROM W. GRINDING AXIS 4.JUDEO-CHRISTIANS ...
... MORAL IDEOLOGUE THE CHILD MONARCH SCALING MT. KENNEDY 3. SPEECHIFYIN' IN PRAISE OF JUDSON WELLIVER WASCALLY WOSS SPEEDING TICKET TWO SPEECHES BIG TALK STAR-SPANGLED BANTER TALKING POINTS THE WORD FROM W. GRINDING AXIS 4.JUDEO-CHRISTIANS ...
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... influenced not a thing, but bemusedly tagged along with the candidates, all the while writing an ongoing chronicle that combined high comedy with moral disappointment. As a writer and as a man, Rick is almost preternaturally.
... influenced not a thing, but bemusedly tagged along with the candidates, all the while writing an ongoing chronicle that combined high comedy with moral disappointment. As a writer and as a man, Rick is almost preternaturally.
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... moral errors have been left in. The dates given at the end of each piece are magazine cover dates, which can be anywhere from ten days to a couple of months after the piece was written. New York, February 2004 1. ENOUGH ABOUT THE ...
... moral errors have been left in. The dates given at the end of each piece are magazine cover dates, which can be anywhere from ten days to a couple of months after the piece was written. New York, February 2004 1. ENOUGH ABOUT THE ...
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... moral and personal, not political, terms. When their lapel buttons are remotely political, they tend to relate political issues to personal ones, as in the slogans “Make Love Not War,” and “Keep California Green—Legalize Grass.” More ...
... moral and personal, not political, terms. When their lapel buttons are remotely political, they tend to relate political issues to personal ones, as in the slogans “Make Love Not War,” and “Keep California Green—Legalize Grass.” More ...
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... moral) consequences. It is thrilling to give oneself over wholly to mindless action without having to face the travail of doubt. It is a relief to rid oneself of troublesome ambivalent feelings about America in a wonderfully simple way ...
... moral) consequences. It is thrilling to give oneself over wholly to mindless action without having to face the travail of doubt. It is a relief to rid oneself of troublesome ambivalent feelings about America in a wonderfully simple way ...
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SCALING MT KENNEDY | |
SPEECHIFYIN | |
WASCALLY WOSS | |
TWO SPEECHES | |
STARSPANGLED BANTER | |
THE WORD FROM | |
JUDEOCHRISTIANS | |
THE CHILD MONARCH | |
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