liberalism

Dionne brilliantly pinpoints the four crises shaking American politics and how they affect people's jobs, living standards, family lives, and attitudes toward the future. In a new preface and afterward, Dionne shows how a progressive, reform-minded political movement is the answer to our prevailing discontent.

Chronicles the history of the Civil Rights movement from its rise in the 1950s through the 1970s, discussing the protests, legislation, advances, and setbacks experienced by African-Americans in their quest for equality.

Goldberg takes aim at the America Bashers (the cultural elites who look down their snobby noses at "ordinary" Americans), the Hollywood Blowhards (incredibly ditzy celebrities who think they're smart just because they're famous), the TV Schlockmeisters, the Intellectual Thugs (bigwigs at some of our best colleges), and many more. Some supposedly "serious" journalists also made the list. But Goldberg doesn't just round up the usual suspects we have come to know and detest. He also exposes some of the people who operate away from the limelight but still manage to pull a lot of strings and do all sorts of harm to our culture. Most of all, this book is about a country where as long as anything goes, as one of the good guys in the book puts it, sooner or later everything will go.--From publisher description.

Describes two dominant political terms, their history, and what they mean today.