Until her death in January 2007, Ivins made at least one speech a month for no fee in defense of the Bill of Rights. During her travels, she met ordinary people going to extraordinary measures to protect their rights, and, in this book, she celebrates their courage and accomplishments.
During the course of American history, wrongful events have occurred and certain Americans have stood up and spoken out against these wrongs: Tom Paine, Edward R. Murrow, Daniel Ellsberg. Vincent Bugliosi takes his place in this special pantheon of patriots with his powerful, brilliant, and courageous expose of crime by the highest court in the ...
Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose take on the Bush administration, indicting it for trashing the rights (and substantially diminishing the lives) of average citizens while lining the pockets of the corporate rich. The authors--humorously but seriously--also take on the dangers to the environment, schools, and America's safety from terrorists.
This lively yet highly critical view of George Walker Bush is by two veteran Texas journalists who examine his record as governor of the state of Texas, his public statements, his associates, and whatever they can put together under the rubric "policies." This book was published before Bush was elected President. One of the authors, Molly Ivins, ...
Molly Ivins, one of our most outspoken, and outrageously funny political commentators (and the author of the bestseller Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?) is back. In this merciless, utterly hilarious book, Ivins riddles such targets as Bill Clinton, George Bush, the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill imbroglio, and more.
Texas political pundit Molly Ivins is being funny when she titles her book WHO LET THE DOGS IN? But she's serious enough to know that those in power need their leash yanked every so often just to keep them honest. In this collection of portraits of political leaders of many breeds, Ivins mostly scoops the poop on right-wing personalities from ...
Former managing editor for the legendary Texas Observer, longtime reporter for The New York Times, and essayist on the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Molly Ivins is known for her bracing wit and sheer verbal energy. Filled with illuminating commentary, hilarious anecdotes, and sharp words for fat cats everywhere, Ivin offers a rip-roaring good time ...
Austin, Texas-based journalist Bryce offers his take on what brought down the energy broker. PIPE DREAMS goes beyond picking through the sordid details of Enron's collapse and scrutinizes the decisions at an individual level, most frequently by Ken Lay, that guided the company toward imminent destruction.
Combining new and selected Bushisms with hilarious fact-checking of Bush's "accurate" statements, Weisberg combines the hilarity of the previous collections with the bite of A1 Franken or Michael Moore.
A compelling indictment of the Bush Administration's cynical, anti-democratic manipulation of the media In this devastating analysis of American politics today, a former Democratic campaign advisor pulls back the curtain on the pervasive political manipulation of the media-and reveals just how fragile our democracy is. From political ads and talk ...
The Colt Peacekeeper of American political humor draws a bead on targets that range from the Libido-in-Chief to Newt Gingrich, campaign funny-money to the legislative lunacy of her native Texas.
Observations on contemporary events from the well-known Texas journalist. Ivins, whose Fort Worth Star-Telegram column is syndicated across the country, brings her leftism to bear on every subject from militias to multiculturalism.
Molly Ivins one of the wittiest columnists in America, takes us on a wild ride through two decades of political life, from Ronald Regan, through Big George and Bill Clinton to current top dog, known as Dubya.
"The Texas Observer" began publishing in Austin in 1954, and in the past five decades it has been an important voice in Texas culture and politics. Following in the muckraking tradition of George Seldes and I. F. Stone, the "Observer" has championed honest government, civil rights, labor, and the environment, providing a platform for many of the ...
Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose take on the Bush administration, indicting it for trashing the rights (and substantially diminishing the lives) of average citizens while lining the pockets of the corporate rich. The authors--humorously but seriously--also take on the dangers to the environment, schools, and America's safety from terrorists.
This lively yet highly critical view of George Walker Bush is by two veteran Texas journalists who examine his record as governor of the state of Texas, his public statements, his associates, and whatever they can put together under the rubric "policies." This book was published before Bush was elected President. One of the authors, Molly Ivins, ...
For all our mockery of America, we are morbidly fascinated by it. This is a book about George W. Bush 'uncut', his extreme ideology, his capabilities, and his past.
This lively yet highly critical view of George Walker Bush is by two veteran Texas journalists who examine his record as governor of the state of Texas, his public statements, his associates, and whatever they can put together under the rubric "policies." This book was published before Bush was elected President. One of the authors, Molly Ivins, ...
Observations on contemporary events from the well-known Texas journalist. Ivins, whose Fort Worth Star-Telegram column is syndicated across the country, brings her leftism to bear on every subject from militias to multiculturalism.
From Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, authors of Shrub, Bushwhacked is a hilarious, no-holds-barred look at George W. Bush and his administration, and an essential book for understanding the full, destructive impact of his presidency. For years, bestselling political commentator Molly Ivins has been sounding the alarm about George W. Bush. In Shrub, ...
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