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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... thought possible before. One of the highlights of Hertzberg's time at The New Republic was his coverage of the 1988 campaign: Bush-Quayle vs. Dukakis-Bentsen. He got no scoops, influenced not a thing, but bemusedly tagged along with the ...
... thought possible before. One of the highlights of Hertzberg's time at The New Republic was his coverage of the 1988 campaign: Bush-Quayle vs. Dukakis-Bentsen. He got no scoops, influenced not a thing, but bemusedly tagged along with the ...
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... thought it'd be.” So in 1959 he started taking lessons at the Actors Studio and tried to make a career out of acting. “I ran the gamut,” he says. “Either I didn't have the talent or I didn't get the breaks. But if you're really ...
... thought it'd be.” So in 1959 he started taking lessons at the Actors Studio and tried to make a career out of acting. “I ran the gamut,” he says. “Either I didn't have the talent or I didn't get the breaks. But if you're really ...
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... thought. It is a misleading impression. The Weathermen, more “ideological” than ever before, are in full flight from thought. More jawbreakingly “analytical” than ever before, they have abandoned the uncomfortable task of a radical ...
... thought. It is a misleading impression. The Weathermen, more “ideological” than ever before, are in full flight from thought. More jawbreakingly “analytical” than ever before, they have abandoned the uncomfortable task of a radical ...
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... thought is an exhilarating experience. It is pleasant to ride the tide of “history” without having to worry about the political (let alone the moral) consequences. It is thrilling to give oneself over wholly to mindless action without ...
... thought is an exhilarating experience. It is pleasant to ride the tide of “history” without having to worry about the political (let alone the moral) consequences. It is thrilling to give oneself over wholly to mindless action without ...
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... thought patterns common in the movement which have now given rise to Weatherman. 1. Movement people who ought to know better have indulged in verbal overkill to the point where language—the basic tool for organizing reality into ...
... thought patterns common in the movement which have now given rise to Weatherman. 1. Movement people who ought to know better have indulged in verbal overkill to the point where language—the basic tool for organizing reality into ...
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SPEECHIFYIN | |
WASCALLY WOSS | |
TWO SPEECHES | |
STARSPANGLED BANTER | |
THE WORD FROM | |
JUDEOCHRISTIANS | |
THE CHILD MONARCH | |
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