Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture
Editat de John Leoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 feb 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138510890
ISBN-10: 1138510890
Pagini: 268
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138510890
Pagini: 268
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
1: Media; T his column almost matters; S cotch the ads? absolut-ly; P rime-time “gotcha” journalism; Why ruin a good story?; More guests who guess; B oyz to (marlboro) men; The selling of rebellion; Nothing but the truth?; T he joys of covering press releases; M edia bites self; A quiz for media mavens; A lovely day for a haranguing; 2: Education; True lies vs. total recall; Don’t get hysterical; D umbing down teachers; Let’s lower our self-esteem; Sorry about that 1992 report, we misspoke; That so-called pythagoras; Let’s attack merit!; Don’t listen to miranda; Good hair, bad cake; Separate and unequal; illing off the liberals; Hey, we’re no. 19!; Shakespeare vs. spiderman; Expel georgie porgie now!; Empty college syndrome; N o takeovers. please; The answer is 45 cents; how the west was lost at yale; Miss piggy was a smarter choice; Cop-killer and commencement speaker; Bold words for a new generation; Mainstreaming deviance; A ffirmative action history; N o books, please; we’re students; L et’s lower the bar; R eady for betty the yeti?; T ongue-tied by authority; 3: Family and Gender; Mars to venus: back off; Marriage bashing à la mode; B oy, girl, boy; P arenting without a care; T he joy of sexual values; P romoting no-dad families; D evaluing the family; T hings that go bump in the home; Defending the indefensible; Fairness? promises, promises; 4: R ace and M inorities; A dubious diversity report; A waspish, niggardly slur; J elly bean: the sequel; T he oppression sweepstakes; A sunny side on race; F eel abused? get in line; W ar against warriors; A second look at lani guinier; T he junking of history; O ur addiction to bad news; Y ou are what you eat; L et’s not call it a quota; 5: P olitics and L aw; A void ‘climate” control; W hen i was bill’s guy; W hat rhymes with carter?; The shrine at yorba linda; a fable: “pro-choice” in 1860; I n the matter of the court vs. us; I t’s a tort world after all; S teamrolled and bulldozed; C hanging the rules of a deadly game; P laying any reindeer games?; Are protesters racketeers?; W hen judges feel romantic; J udges 1, people 0; B ust those candy cane felons; P raying for sanity in schools; A man’s got a right to rights; 6: C ulture and L anguage; O f famine and green beer; The two sinatras; T he official column of champions; C heers, circa 1968; G unning for hollywood; H old the chocolate; A tower of pomobabble; h ow to be a rich genius; N obel prize for fiction?; H ow ‘bout those clichés?; Repackaging the perps; O pinions were expressed; L anguage in the dumps; C lose the envelope, please; O ur kinder, gentler army; I n the key of f; O h, no, canada!; T his column is mostly true; T he leading cultural polluter; The private parts of don imus; S elling the child-woman; D ecadence, the corporate way; 7: S ociety and S ocial B ehavior; T hank you for not smoking; D oing the disorder rag; M ay the feel be with you; M y sobbing valentine; Life among the cyberfolk; D amn, i’m good!; W e’re all number 1; M ainstreaming’s “jimmy problem”; T he “new primitives”; C hortle while you work; T hou shalt not command; T he unmaking of civic culture; W hen stability was all the rage; T he price is wrong
Descriere
In this new volume of political essays and social commentary John Leo offers a lively alternative to the Washington-oriented slant of much political journalism