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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... Interest, which he had co-founded with Irving Kristol, because he believes that “friendship is more important than ideology.” I believe that too. (In fact, it's a central tenet of my ideology.) I've learned here that I can be friends ...
... Interest, which he had co-founded with Irving Kristol, because he believes that “friendship is more important than ideology.” I believe that too. (In fact, it's a central tenet of my ideology.) I've learned here that I can be friends ...
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... night raid vindictive or punitive or the result of police prejudice against the neighborhood? We hope not.” Three weeks later, the City Board of Permit Appeals gave Graham his permit. Since then, police interest in harassing the Fillmore.
... night raid vindictive or punitive or the result of police prejudice against the neighborhood? We hope not.” Three weeks later, the City Board of Permit Appeals gave Graham his permit. Since then, police interest in harassing the Fillmore.
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... interest in harassing the Fillmore has dropped to zero. Order is kept by seven private policemen, six male and one female, whom Graham calls “swinging cops who know what's happening.” One of the joys of the Fillmore is to watch one of ...
... interest in harassing the Fillmore has dropped to zero. Order is kept by seven private policemen, six male and one female, whom Graham calls “swinging cops who know what's happening.” One of the joys of the Fillmore is to watch one of ...
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... interest and attention of the public and the press, both within the movement and without it. Its actions, beginning with the artful finessing of the S.D.S. national office out of the hands of P.L.-W.S.A., and continuing with the October ...
... interest and attention of the public and the press, both within the movement and without it. Its actions, beginning with the artful finessing of the S.D.S. national office out of the hands of P.L.-W.S.A., and continuing with the October ...
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... interest group politics, but on the basis of a fervent shared vision of Christian love, forgiveness, and reconciliation. There was a remarkable scene at Madison Square Garden after Carter's acceptance speech. On the stage, Carter and ...
... interest group politics, but on the basis of a fervent shared vision of Christian love, forgiveness, and reconciliation. There was a remarkable scene at Madison Square Garden after Carter's acceptance speech. On the stage, Carter and ...
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SPEECHIFYIN | |
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TWO SPEECHES | |
STARSPANGLED BANTER | |
THE WORD FROM | |
JUDEOCHRISTIANS | |
THE CHILD MONARCH | |
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