This collection of essays, chosen by the Philip Hamburger from his 60 years of writing for The New Yorker, chronicles not only the people of US political life (Judge Learned Hand, Fiorello La Guardia, Dean Acheson, FDR, Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton) but also the places and events, with special emphasis on presidential inaugurations (the author has attended, he thinks, 14). Here is one man's view, both funny and serious, of the glorious diversity of American politics - and of the better angels of our nature.
This collection of essays, chosen by the Philip Hamburger from his 60 years of writing for The New Yorker, chronicles not only the people of US politi...
A polemic against the provision of the US tax code that prohibits political speech on the part of nonprofits-and, specifically, in this case, churches-arguing that it is an unconstitutional infringement of speech that has been deliberately used to suppress the views and power of religious activists.
A polemic against the provision of the US tax code that prohibits political speech on the part of nonprofits-and, specifically, in this case, churches...