{"product_id":"american-happiness-and-discontents-9780306924415","title":"American Happiness and Discontents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge F. Will has been one of this country''s leading columnists since 1974. He won the Pulitzer Prize for it in 1977. The \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e once called him perhaps the most powerful journalist in America. In this new collection, he examines a remarkably unsettling thirteen years in our nation''s experience, from 2008 to 2020. Included are a number of columns about court cases, mostly from the Supreme Court, that illuminate why the composition of the federal judiciary has become such a contentious subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther topics addressed include the American Revolutionary War, historical figures from Frederick Douglass to JFK, as well as a scathing assessment of how State of the Union Addresses are delivered in the modern day. Mr. Will also offers his perspective on American socialists, anti-capitalist conservatives, drug policy, the criminal justice system, climatology, the Coronavirus, the First Amendment, parenting, meritocracy and education, China, fascism, authoritarian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401588810071,"sku":"9780306924415","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780306924415.jpg?v=1730477895","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-happiness-and-discontents-9780306924415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}