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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... live in?” we asked. “We love it, and it's the center of our world,” John said. “It's the first international city, racewise, if you think about it,” Yoko said. “It has more Jews than Tel Aviv.” “And more Irish than Dublin,” John said ...
... live in?” we asked. “We love it, and it's the center of our world,” John said. “It's the first international city, racewise, if you think about it,” Yoko said. “It has more Jews than Tel Aviv.” “And more Irish than Dublin,” John said ...
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... I come from a background of excessiveness. It was very natural for me to live in New York in a bohemian way, because I was trying to get away from that.” John was still preoccupied with his possessions. “It's clogging my.
... I come from a background of excessiveness. It was very natural for me to live in New York in a bohemian way, because I was trying to get away from that.” John was still preoccupied with his possessions. “It's clogging my.
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... lives wishing we hadn't left. When that didn't happen our contentment was complete. So there you have it. That's what Woodstock was “like.” —The New Republic, August 28, 1989 2. BIG MEN Before I went to work for Jimmy.
... lives wishing we hadn't left. When that didn't happen our contentment was complete. So there you have it. That's what Woodstock was “like.” —The New Republic, August 28, 1989 2. BIG MEN Before I went to work for Jimmy.
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... live like a millionaire at the taxpayers' expense. In a way there was a religious aspect even to this little detail, in my opinion. Unlike President Carter, I don't come from a long line of Baptists. But my mother was a ...
... live like a millionaire at the taxpayers' expense. In a way there was a religious aspect even to this little detail, in my opinion. Unlike President Carter, I don't come from a long line of Baptists. But my mother was a ...
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... lives and won freedom for thousands of prisoners of conscience. It was crucial in launching the process that has seen country after country in Latin America replace military dictatorships or oligarchies with constitutional democratic ...
... lives and won freedom for thousands of prisoners of conscience. It was crucial in launching the process that has seen country after country in Latin America replace military dictatorships or oligarchies with constitutional democratic ...
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