Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004Penguin, 2005 M06 28 - 720 páginas 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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... ) In a tone of highest dudgeon, Bennett had complained that the people who really ruled the country—the liberals, the judges, the whatever—had consistently displayed what he called “an aversion to religion” and a INTRODUCTION.
... ) In a tone of highest dudgeon, Bennett had complained that the people who really ruled the country—the liberals, the judges, the whatever—had consistently displayed what he called “an aversion to religion” and a INTRODUCTION.
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... called themselves the Liberal Party. Not for the last time, the Liberal Party lost. At Harvard, Hertzberg was managing editor of the student daily, the Crimson. Late one morning while he was sleeping off an all-nighter at the paper, he ...
... called themselves the Liberal Party. Not for the last time, the Liberal Party lost. At Harvard, Hertzberg was managing editor of the student daily, the Crimson. Late one morning while he was sleeping off an all-nighter at the paper, he ...
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... called “malaise speech,” July 20, 1979). And, of course, the Farewell Address (January 14, 1981). These speeches, of course, are not exactly “by” Hertzberg. Though his contributions to them were large, presidential speeches involve an ...
... called “malaise speech,” July 20, 1979). And, of course, the Farewell Address (January 14, 1981). These speeches, of course, are not exactly “by” Hertzberg. Though his contributions to them were large, presidential speeches involve an ...
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... called Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, whose record, “Little Red Riding Hood,” was a big national hit at the time. “Only three hundred and eighty-seven people came, and I lost eighteen hundred dollars,” recalls Graham. “The people—my ...
... called Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, whose record, “Little Red Riding Hood,” was a big national hit at the time. “Only three hundred and eighty-seven people came, and I lost eighteen hundred dollars,” recalls Graham. “The people—my ...
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... called the Five Year Plan, which played its most recent (and perhaps only) gig at the annual picnic of the People's World, the West Coast Communist weekly. The San Francisco sound is a very hard-driving folk-rock with strong blues and ...
... called the Five Year Plan, which played its most recent (and perhaps only) gig at the annual picnic of the People's World, the West Coast Communist weekly. The San Francisco sound is a very hard-driving folk-rock with strong blues and ...
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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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