I too will definitely read this book. I appreciate your recommendation and your thoughts, as I have wondered what it is like to be an expat looking at our country from the outside. I think you are right that many people are looking for an authoritarian leader, someone to look to who is going to magically solve all their problems. We have lost so much faith as a society in all the institutions that used to unify us-public education, churches and synagogues, media-and we have replaced that with a man-who instead of uniting us, is hell bent on dividing us for his own political gain. We need to restore our faith in our institutions; I hope they can survive.
An interesting analysis, as always, of current affairs in the light of past affairs.
I listened yesterday to an excellent journalist painstakingly proving how the Nationalist party here, change their discourse diametrically, to pamper to popular beliefs, from one campaign to another. And their voters don’t realize or don’t care. It is frightening.
I always love your informing of French politics. I tend to put it on a pedestal compared to US politics and am always so happy to be knocked down a notch!!
I will definitely buy this book! I get through way more books via audio now than in print (though I do both, of course), and the audio sounds even better in this case if we get the actual voices of JFK, RFK, MLK (all these "--K" acronyms).
I too think Biden is doing a pretty damn good job and am disturbed about how little of that is known by the larger public... or, I should say, how it is "spun away" by the evil media machines (I refer to the Foxes of the world) and the increasingly baffling ones (like, why does the NYT, WaPo, etc., continue to ignore the "good news" and likewise focus on histrionics and hate?). At least Trump was guilty guilty guilty etc... hoping that's a trend. I'm also hoping that the optimism of the 60s can return. We sure need it.
I too will definitely read this book. I appreciate your recommendation and your thoughts, as I have wondered what it is like to be an expat looking at our country from the outside. I think you are right that many people are looking for an authoritarian leader, someone to look to who is going to magically solve all their problems. We have lost so much faith as a society in all the institutions that used to unify us-public education, churches and synagogues, media-and we have replaced that with a man-who instead of uniting us, is hell bent on dividing us for his own political gain. We need to restore our faith in our institutions; I hope they can survive.
An interesting analysis, as always, of current affairs in the light of past affairs.
I listened yesterday to an excellent journalist painstakingly proving how the Nationalist party here, change their discourse diametrically, to pamper to popular beliefs, from one campaign to another. And their voters don’t realize or don’t care. It is frightening.
I always love your informing of French politics. I tend to put it on a pedestal compared to US politics and am always so happy to be knocked down a notch!!
I will definitely buy this book! I get through way more books via audio now than in print (though I do both, of course), and the audio sounds even better in this case if we get the actual voices of JFK, RFK, MLK (all these "--K" acronyms).
I too think Biden is doing a pretty damn good job and am disturbed about how little of that is known by the larger public... or, I should say, how it is "spun away" by the evil media machines (I refer to the Foxes of the world) and the increasingly baffling ones (like, why does the NYT, WaPo, etc., continue to ignore the "good news" and likewise focus on histrionics and hate?). At least Trump was guilty guilty guilty etc... hoping that's a trend. I'm also hoping that the optimism of the 60s can return. We sure need it.
LBJ being the exception! But so interesting to view him through Doris’ eyes. Thanks for commenting mon amie!
I hope my AARP Bulletin comes soon. You are the third person to tell me she is in it!!!