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Bob Herbert's new book
Losing Our Way: An Intimate Look At A Troubled Americahttp://knopfdoubleday.com/book/78802/losing-our-way/?Ref=Email_KDD_2014-10-13notthebobfromtwinpeaks
Oh my, oh my, what a great read. But don't take my word for it.
Reviews
"Herbert illuminates in this masterwork of reporting."
O Magazine
Herbert ardently defends those being left behind in this current winner-take-all economy. As he travels across the U.S. interviewing the jobless and wounded, as well as noted educators, economists, activists and political leaders ... what emerges from his chronicle is a devastating portrait.... Herbert ends by urging bold new leadership against an intolerable status quo and pointing to encouraging examples of citizen groups rising up across the country.
Publishers Weekly, starred review
"In vivid anecdotes and moving portraits, Herbert humanizes the many problems he uncovers, and he clearly believes that Americans can, and will, band together to set the nation on a new course."
Kirkus Reviews
Asked by a World War II veteran, What happened to us?, Bob Herbert does what he has done all through his remarkable career as a journalist: he sets out to find the answers from the ground up. Searching out the stories and experiences of everyday Americans, and digging deep into facts and figures from the high noon of capitalism to the widening gulf of our present vast inequalities, he takes us to the heart and core of our troubles while holding firmly to the conviction of his lifetime: that the truth shall set us free. Here is America as revealed by a great reporter whose empathy with everyday people inspires trust on their part, honesty on his, and discovery for all who make the journey with him.
Bill Moyers
In a series of haunting portraits, Losing Our Way is an unforgettable reminder of the struggles facing Americas middle class today. Herbert has given us a sweeping picture of what has gone wrong in Americahow we have underinvested in infrastructure, let corporate policies dominate the education debate, and fought needless wars that resulted in a tragic waste of life. A brilliant and devastating portrayal that explains how our priorities and policies have gone awry, Losing Our Way will make you angry and determined to put our country back on course.
Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Globalization and Its Discontents and The Price of Inequality
Losing Our Way is a compelling account of the problems facing our country told in a riveting fashion through the eyes of people dealing with the consequences. I couldnt put it down. It should be a mandatory read for every member of Congress and anyone who aspires to be president.
Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-2011
Bob Herbert has written a terrific and important book about America. It is an incisive examination of our nations tragic unwillingness to address the overwhelming problems we face. We cant go forward unless we face reality. Herbert has the courage to do that.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
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Bob Herbert's new book (Original Post)
Iwillnevergiveup
Oct 2014
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KoKo
(84,711 posts)1. Thanks...Used to read Bob Herbert.....will check his new book out!
I think he's another one "Under the Bus" or maybe he found "another path" and cut out to follow it. Anyway, glad to see he has a book that's gotten attention.
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Zorro
(15,691 posts)3. What happened to us?
35 years of dominant Republican policies happened to us.