| Description |
xliv, 445 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
A lecture. People I miss. A life's lesson -- Joan Rivers: the entertainer -- America's first lady -- "Tennesse Williams died a week ago today" -- Britain remembers a Great Britain -- Thanks from your grateful country -- As I was telling Kate.... Those who make us say "oh!" -- A day at the beach -- How to find grace after disgrace -- "Oh wow!" -- The royal wedding -- America, America. "Is that allowed?" "It is here." -- On letting go -- "To old times" -- A cold man's warm words -- America is at the risk of boiling over -- What the world sees in America -- Having fun. American diversity and the Wild West -- Next year stay home, America -- Snow day -- Nobody's perfect, but they were good -- Scenes from a Confirmation -- Old Jersey real -- Making trouble. "Dutch" is shocking because it is simply awful -- American caligula -- Way too much God -- Further thoughts on the passions of the inaugural -- Time for an intervention -- The view from gate 14 -- The trigger-happy generation -- The wisdom of "Mr. Republican" -- What I told the Bishops. What I told the Bishops -- How to save the Catholic Church -- "Go and repair my house" -- Cardinal, please spare this church -- Uneasy pieces. You'd cry too if it happened to you -- There is no time, there will be time -- I just called to say I love you. His delicious, mansard-roofed world -- Miracle on Fulton Street -- Courage under fire -- Welcome back, Duke -- Time to put the emotions aside -- The nightmare and the dreams -- I just called to say I love you -- Eleven/911 -- A masterpiece of a museum -- War. What the intrepid said -- A time for grace -- The world the Great War swept away -- A new kind of "credibility" gap -- On setting an example -- Can the Republican party recover from Iraq? -- What America thinks about Iraq -- What I saw at the evacuation. Russia, the big picture -- Why we talk about Reagan -- What I saw at the evacuation -- My beautiful election. Sex and the presidency -- Over the top -- Pity party -- Sex and the sissy -- Mccain represents the way we were, Obama what we are becoming -- The end of placeness -- Obama and the runaway train -- The loneliest president since Nixon. The special assistant for reality -- The loneliest president since Nixon -- Lafayette, we are not here -- What a disaster looks like -- A republic, if we can keep it -- We live in an age of great wealth-- and lousy manners -- The rise of the white-collar big-money psychopath -- We all know too much about one another -- What we lose if we give up privacy -- The MSM is suffering from freedom envy -- Campaigns have always been negative but they haven't always been ubiquitous -- What does it mean that your first act on entering a country is breaking the law? -- Slow down and absorb -- We need to talk -- State of the Union. A time to get serious -- George H. W. Bush's defeat -- The risk of catastrophic victory -- Meaning, back in America... -- A separate piece -- Politics in the modest age. |
| Summary |
"Peggy Noonan is one of the most brilliant and influential political thinkers and writers of our time. The author of five bestselling books (What I Saw at the Revolution is now a classic), her column in The Wall Street Journal is a must-read for millions of Americans. Witty, incisive and always original, Peggy Noonan is a conservative intellectual with wide reaching appeal across the political spectrum. Now, for the first time, the best of Noonan's writing will be collected in one indispensible volume. With a special, original introduction, she chronicles her career in journalism, the Reagan White House, and the political arena. Annotated and analyzed throughout, Peggy expands a lifetime of wonderful writing into an astute examination of American life"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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National characteristics, American.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 2015.
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| ISBN |
9781455563111 (hardcover) |
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