American Happiness and Discontents

The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020

American Happiness and Discontents
George F Will
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30 Sep 2021 US
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9780306924415
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George F. Will has been one of this country' s leading columnists since 1974. He won the Pulitzer Prize for it in 1977. The Wall Street Journal once called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America. " In this new collection, he 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. Mr. Will also offers his perspective on American socialists, anti-capitalist conservatives, drug policy, the criminal justice system, climatology, the Coronavirus, the First Amendment, parenting, meritocracy and education, China, fascism, authoritarianism, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, and the morality of enjoying football. American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020 is a collection packed with wisdom and leavened by humor from one the preeminent columnists and intellectuals of our time.
"These columns, written between 2008 and 2020, are written mostly with the same elegance, persuasiveness, and lucidity that have marked Will' s long career as one of the nation' s most perceptive political commentators. " --New York Journal of Books "The author toils in the fields of the consequential rather than ephemeral. As this collection proves (yet again), Will' s writing rises above journalism and is worth reading -- and re-reading. "--The Interim "[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 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 Praise for The Conservative Sensibility [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 blockbuster -- if a book so thoughtful and learned and graceful can be called a ' blockbuster. ' --Jay Nordlinger, National Review A thoughtful, elegant reflection on American conservatism and the Founders' political thought. --The Atlantic Staggeringly good. Easily one of the best books on American Conservatism ever written. --Jonah Goldberg 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
George F. Will 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 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. He is also a regular contributor to MSNBC and NBC News. His fifteen previous books include The Conservative Sensibility, One Man' s America, Men at Work, and Statecraft as Soulcraft. Will grew up in Champaign, Illinois, attended Trinity College and Oxford University, and received a PhD from Princeton.
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ISBN-13: 9780306924415
Published: 30 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc
Publisher: Hachette Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 232mm
Width: 160mm
Spine: 48mm
Weight: 740g
Pages: 528

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