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Notes on the Turn of the Millennium
Viking Adult
December 2007
On Sale: December 13, 2007
400 pages ISBN: 0670018732 EAN: 9780670018734 Hardcover
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A journey through twenty years of politics with one of the
most revered news analysts of our time Daniel Schorr, an institution at CBS for decades and a
twenty-year mainstay of NPR, is a legend in journalism. Come
to Think of It is the first selection of Schorr’s
observations on politics and American life from the years
1990 to the present—a peerless commentary on the history of
our time. Schorr’s essays reveal him as a master of pithy,
get-to-the-point analysis, whether he is calling the Supreme
Court’s 2000 decision to seat George W. Bush as president a
“junta” by a “Gang of Five” or eviscerating a conservative
counterpart for belittling F.D.R.’s legacy. Schorr’s
experience—he has covered the administrations of twelve
presidents—gives him an authority and range that permeate
every page of Come to Think of It. Schorr’s analyses include insight on:
• The Iraq war in current and historical perspective
• The first Gulf War, Bosnia, North Korea, and Iran
• Executive privilege and misdeeds throughout history
• Healthcare, welfare, and the state of the social contract
• The proliferation of nuclear weapons
• The U.N. report on climate change As a record of our perilous times and as a cogent primer on
the politics of the last two decades, Come to Think of It is
an unparalleled record of political analysis. This will be a
must-read for the legions of devoted NPR listeners who tune
in to hear Daniel Schorr every week and for anyone who wants
insight and a historical perspective on the 2008 election.
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