American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020
By George F. Will
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ISBN: 9781668600115
| Runtime: | 18.96 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Political Science |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Examine the ways in which expertise, reason, and manners are continually under attack in our institutions, courts, political arenas, and social venues with this collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist.In this collection, George F. Will, referred to by the Wall Street Journal as ""perhaps the most powerful journalist in America"", examines a remarkably unsettling thirteen years in our nation’s experience, from 2008 to 2020. Included are a number of columns about court cases, mostly from the Supreme Court, that illuminate why the composition of the federal judiciary has become such a contentious subject. Other topics addressed include the American Revolutionary War, historical figures from Frederick Douglass to JFK, as well as a scathing assessment of how State of the Union Addresses are delivered in the modern day.
American Happiness and Discontents is a collection packed with wisdom and leavened by humor from one the preeminent columnists and intellectuals of our time.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A deeply erudite, always opinionated commentator.” —Kirkus Reviews
A deeply erudite, always opinionated commentator, Will laments the erosion of literacy and advocates for binge-reading rather than binge-watching, and he parses the intricacies of recent Supreme Court cases with authority....A gentleman scholar and scold, Will continues to wield his sharp, discerning prose." —Kirkus Reviews —
[An] erudite and eclectic collection....Will's eulogies of conservative leaders...are particularly rich and insightful....Will is a consistently provocative and articulate opinion-maker. Fans will delight in this expansive survey of his recent judgments. —Publishers Weekly
A thoughtful, elegant reflection on American
conservatism and the Founders' political thought. —The Atlantic
A blockbuster -- if a book so thoughtful and learned and graceful can be called a 'blockbuster.' —Jay Nordlinger, National Review
When you read a work as wise, incisive and superbly written as this one, you rightly assume it was produced by a first-rate mind. —The Wall Street Journal
Staggeringly good. Easily one of the best books on American Conservatism ever written. —Jonah Goldberg
[A] magnum opus..... Will still beats all his rivals in his ability to
combine high thinking with a shrewd capacity to understand day-to-day
American politics.... It is hard to think of any of today's angry young
"movement" conservatives surviving in journalism for fifty years, as Mr.
Will has, and still having enough to say to produce a big book at 78. —The Economist
A thoughtful, elegant reflection on American
conservatism and the Founders' political thought. —The Atlantic
[A] magnum opus..... Will still beats all his rivals in his ability to
combine high thinking with a shrewd capacity to understand day-to-day
American politics.... It is hard to think of any of today's angry young
"movement" conservatives surviving in journalism for fifty years, as Mr.
Will has, and still having enough to say to produce a big book at 78. —The Economist
Author
Author Bio: George F. Will
George F. Will, author of more than a dozen books, writes a twice-weekly syndicated column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs for the Washington Post. He began his column with the Post in 1974, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. His books include The Conservative Sensibility, One Man's America, Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball, and Statecraft as Soulcraft. He grew up in Champaign, Illinois, attended Trinity College and Oxford University, and received a PhD from Princeton.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Political Science |
| Runtime: | 18.96 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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