George F. Will American Happiness and Discontents (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: American Happiness and DiscontentsCondition: NewSubtitle: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020Author: George F. WillFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 0306924412EAN: 9780306924415ISBN: 9780306924415Publisher: Da Capo Press IncGenre: Law & PoliticsRelease Date: 09/30/2021Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 232mmItem Length: 160mmItem Width: 48mmItem Weight: 740gRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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