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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... never again say or assert that the Sun is the center of the universe and immovable and that the Earth is not the center and moves.” Before Galileo was led away to spend the rest of his life under comfortable house arrest, however, he ...
... never again say or assert that the Sun is the center of the universe and immovable and that the Earth is not the center and moves.” Before Galileo was led away to spend the rest of his life under comfortable house arrest, however, he ...
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... never getting above five thousand. It published some of the midcentury's most distinguished essayists—Daniel Bell, Bruno Bettelheim, George Orwell, Simone Weil—but was basically a one-man operation. Dwight Macdonald (1906–1982) was the ...
... never getting above five thousand. It published some of the midcentury's most distinguished essayists—Daniel Bell, Bruno Bettelheim, George Orwell, Simone Weil—but was basically a one-man operation. Dwight Macdonald (1906–1982) was the ...
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... never met, they were close friends. Victor Serge (1890–1947), a refugee from both Communism and Nazism, was a Belgian-French-Russian poet, novelist, and professional insurrectionist and agitator who lived a life of incredible romance ...
... never met, they were close friends. Victor Serge (1890–1947), a refugee from both Communism and Nazism, was a Belgian-French-Russian poet, novelist, and professional insurrectionist and agitator who lived a life of incredible romance ...
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... never tempt fate by comparing myself to him (I can only wish I had a tenth of his energy, wit, and erudition), I suppose I also identify a bit with his journalistic career, which took him from a big corporate title (Fortune) to small ...
... never tempt fate by comparing myself to him (I can only wish I had a tenth of his energy, wit, and erudition), I suppose I also identify a bit with his journalistic career, which took him from a big corporate title (Fortune) to small ...
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... never surpassing) the Fillmore in decibels, imaginative light shows, and general atmosphere is the somewhat smaller Avalon Ballroom, where a group of hippies who call themselves the Family Dog produce weekend dance concerts. Besides the ...
... never surpassing) the Fillmore in decibels, imaginative light shows, and general atmosphere is the somewhat smaller Avalon Ballroom, where a group of hippies who call themselves the Family Dog produce weekend dance concerts. Besides the ...
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TWO SPEECHES | |
STARSPANGLED BANTER | |
THE WORD FROM | |
JUDEOCHRISTIANS | |
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