From the Book - First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Pre-preface: As we go to press . . .
Preface: Manifesto for extreme moderation
Introduction: O beautiful for . . . Pilgrim feet?
One nation-divided as hell
Coastals vs. Heartlanders
Goodbye to classical liberalism : "It's the end of the world!"
But thank you anyway, partisan politicians
On the other hand . . . : just give them the money
It's time to make rich people : uncomfortable again
Negative rights vs. Positive rights : it's positively confusing
Sympathy vs. empathy : is it better to hold people's hands or bust into their heads?
Patriotism vs. nationalism
Big brother (and everybody else) is watching you : thoughts on rereading 1984
Whose bright idea was it to make sure : that every idiot in the world was in touch with every other idiot?
A brief historical digression on how communication has devolved
And while I'm ranting against the digital age, let me not forget to excoriate an aspect of social media that lacks even sociability . . . On the fresh hell of the Internet of Things
Lessons in fake news from two old masters of the form
Woke to the sound of laughter
Why kids r commies and never mind how the free market bankrupted that backwards r big box store that once held a greedy monopoly on selling toys
My own lousy education and how it may be of aid to the nation
What we can learn from the sixties drug culture
Can the government be run like a business?
Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate . . . The electoral college!
Is a reasonable, sensible, moderate foreign policy even possible?
The inaugural address I'd like to hear the president-whoever it may be-deliver
My own personal fantasy league : presidential election
A license to drive (me crazy)
The founding fathers have some words with us
What I like about U.(S.A.).
