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American Happiness and Discontents
- Author
- George F. Will
- Narrator
- Jim Meskimen
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 14 September 2021
- Run Time
- 18 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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"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."
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"[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
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Praise for The Conservative Sensibility
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"A thoughtful, elegant reflection on American conservatism and the Founders' political thought."—The Atlantic
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"A blockbuster -- if a book so thoughtful and learned and graceful can be called a 'blockbuster.'"—Jay Nordlinger, National Review
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"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."
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"Staggeringly good. Easily one of the best books on American Conservatism ever written."—Jonah Goldberg
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"[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
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Details
- Author
- George F. Will
- Narrator
- Jim Meskimen
- Duration
- 18 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 September 2021
- ISBN
- 9781549106453
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Politics and government, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Political science and theory
Synopsis
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.
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