ISBN:
9781563242076
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (348 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Fast, Howard War and Peace: Observations on Our Times
DDC:
306.0973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on the Essays -- 1. The War Against Women -- A Telling Indictment -- The Crazy Notion of Women's Equality -- A Term of Contempt -- Rape -- 2. The War Against the Public -- A Question of Economics -- Voodoo Economics -- Think Before You Cross the Picket Line -- The Plight of America's Cities -- Guardians of the Free World -- So Ends 1990 -- Some Thoughts on Christmas -- What America Has Lost -- 3. The Failed War Against Drugs -- On Poisons Legal and Illegal -- A Different Tack in the War on Drugs
Abstract:
Why We Should Legalize Drugs -- 4. The Culture of Violence -- The American Way -- The Pornography of Violence -- Guns and Democracy -- Assault Weapons and Illusory Hopes -- A National Icon -- We Are Not Protected -- The Unfortunate Case of Mike Tyson -- 5. Anti-Semitism and Racism -- The Sickness of Anti-Semitism -- The Merchant of Venice -- Two Stories in Black and White -- The Fire That Does Not Dim -- Defenders of Law and Order -- It Is Indeed an Interesting Thing -- The Willie Horton Syndrome -- The David Duke Syndrome -- David Duke, Populist? -- Patrick J. Buchanan (A Bad Dream Come to Life)
Abstract:
6. Crimes and Punishments -- Oliver North -- Equal Justice -- In Greed We Trust -- The Rewards of Betrayal -- Let the Punishment Fit the Crime -- Who Pays the Price? -- 7. Rights, Values, and Religion -- The Right to Protest -- Traditional American Values -- In the Name of Religion -- Credentials Made of Sealing Wax -- Keep Freedom of Religion Free -- 8. The Right to Life -- The Right-to-Life Movement -- A Very Compassionate Man -- Life Is a Mixed Bag -- 9. New York City -- The Race for Mayor, 1989 -- The Name of the Game -- A Vote for the City's Survival -- Mayor Dinkins
Abstract:
America Without New York City? -- 10. Our Friends in Washington -- The Great Communicator -- Our Poor, Underpaid Government -- Interpreter Wanted -- She Tells It Like It Is -- People in Glass Houses -- The Fuzzy Boundaries of Ethics -- It's No Joke -- Nobody Is Without Sin -- The Men Who Become President -- The Price of Truth -- A Flight of Fancy, Grounded -- The Comic, the Tragic, and the Compassionate -- One Loony Week -- A Champion of Ignorance -- The Mind of George Bush -- The Mother of Parliaments -- Who Destroys Our Home ... -- Murderers and Liars Also Have Rights
Abstract:
The White House Astrologer -- The Definition of Obscene -- Strange Creatures -- Have They No Shame? -- Those Whom the Gods Would Destroy ... -- Another Flight of Fancy -- Who Represents the People? -- Bush Is Sickened -- How Could He Know? -- Where Is the Public Outrage? -- Choosing the Vice President -- Chutzpah -- A Short Jaunt Down Memory Lane -- Clowns and Fools -- Uncommon Thieves -- Democracy Explains It All -- The President Tells How to Save America -- Labels Can Be Accurate -- 11. The United States and Latin America -- Silly Questions -- What Brave Fellows -- A Letter to the President
Abstract:
What Every Nicaraguan Understands
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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