Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004Penguin, 28.06.2005 - 720 Seiten 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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... problems such as black misery and Vietnam-type wars can be truly solved through “policy changes” is an illusion; what is required is a radical restructuring of the entire society. Yet even from this perspective, it is hard to see in ...
... problems such as black misery and Vietnam-type wars can be truly solved through “policy changes” is an illusion; what is required is a radical restructuring of the entire society. Yet even from this perspective, it is hard to see in ...
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... problems for him, because it essentially deprived him of the full use of one of the basic tools of statecraft. He ... problem was, the president didn't follow the script. Instead he pointed to the stack and said something like, “This ...
... problems for him, because it essentially deprived him of the full use of one of the basic tools of statecraft. He ... problem was, the president didn't follow the script. Instead he pointed to the stack and said something like, “This ...
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... problem-solver. He studied each issue separately and tackled each on its own terms. He didn't have the kind of big ... problems of conscience about working for Jimmy Carter— for two reasons. The less important reason was that I was ...
... problem-solver. He studied each issue separately and tackled each on its own terms. He didn't have the kind of big ... problems of conscience about working for Jimmy Carter— for two reasons. The less important reason was that I was ...
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... problems—just effective ways and ineffective ways. Energy is a good example. Carter devoted enormous amounts of time and political capital to the energy problem. One might argue that he achieved a certain success—you don't hear much ...
... problems—just effective ways and ineffective ways. Energy is a good example. Carter devoted enormous amounts of time and political capital to the energy problem. One might argue that he achieved a certain success—you don't hear much ...
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... problem in sweeping moral terms. This was the so-called “malaise” episode, widely recognized as one of the most memorable moments of the Carter administration and almost as widely scorned as one of the most contemptible. The received ...
... problem in sweeping moral terms. This was the so-called “malaise” episode, widely recognized as one of the most memorable moments of the Carter administration and almost as widely scorned as one of the most contemptible. The received ...
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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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