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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... TALK STAR-SPANGLED BANTER TALKING POINTS THE WORD FROM W. GRINDING AXIS 4.JUDEO-CHRISTIANS ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM VATICAN'T SECULAR SERMON TWO LITTLE WORDS DIVIDENDS 5. A CAMPAIGN.
... TALK STAR-SPANGLED BANTER TALKING POINTS THE WORD FROM W. GRINDING AXIS 4.JUDEO-CHRISTIANS ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM VATICAN'T SECULAR SERMON TWO LITTLE WORDS DIVIDENDS 5. A CAMPAIGN.
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... TALK PRESS PASS TOPLESS TABLOIDS OF GOTHAM GEORGE WITHOUT TEARS WHAT'S UP, DOC? L'AFFAIRE BLAIR RADIO DAZE 9. WEDGE ISSUES BIG BOOBS EXECUTIONS I: BURNING QUESTION EXECUTIONS II: FEDERAL DEATH WOUNDS OF RACE FLAGELLATION GORE'S GREATEST ...
... TALK PRESS PASS TOPLESS TABLOIDS OF GOTHAM GEORGE WITHOUT TEARS WHAT'S UP, DOC? L'AFFAIRE BLAIR RADIO DAZE 9. WEDGE ISSUES BIG BOOBS EXECUTIONS I: BURNING QUESTION EXECUTIONS II: FEDERAL DEATH WOUNDS OF RACE FLAGELLATION GORE'S GREATEST ...
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... Talk of the Town” section. He covered antiwar demonstrations and political rallies, but more often he wrote about things like rock concerts, trade shows, countercultural antics, minor-league baseball, local eccentrics, Monty Python's ...
... Talk of the Town” section. He covered antiwar demonstrations and political rallies, but more often he wrote about things like rock concerts, trade shows, countercultural antics, minor-league baseball, local eccentrics, Monty Python's ...
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... talk for hours about the Fillmore and his role in it. His philosophy boils down to the following: “Art in America can only survive within the framework of a sound business structure.” He likes making money, but he prefers the challenge ...
... talk for hours about the Fillmore and his role in it. His philosophy boils down to the following: “Art in America can only survive within the framework of a sound business structure.” He likes making money, but he prefers the challenge ...
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... talk. “Revolution,” as one of those words everyone to the left of Max Lerner feels he must use relentlessly or be swept into the dustbin of history, no longer means much of anything; it is regularly used to describe everything from ...
... talk. “Revolution,” as one of those words everyone to the left of Max Lerner feels he must use relentlessly or be swept into the dustbin of history, no longer means much of anything; it is regularly used to describe everything from ...
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WHY THE WAR WAS IMMORAL | |
YOU HAD TO BE THERE | |
A MORAL IDEOLOGUE | |
SCALING MT KENNEDY | |
SPEECHIFYIN | |
WASCALLY WOSS | |
TWO SPEECHES | |
STARSPANGLED BANTER | |
THE WORD FROM | |
JUDEOCHRISTIANS | |
THE CHILD MONARCH | |
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