The grouchy historian : an old-time lefty defends our Constitution against right-wing hypocrites and nutjobs
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
In the tradition of Al Franken and Michael Moore, Ed Asner—a.k.a. Lou Grant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show—reclaims the Constitution from the right-wingers who think that they and only they know how to interpret it.
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe grouchy historian : ‡ban old-time lefty defends our Constitution against right-wing hypocrites and nutjobs / ‡cEd Asner and Ed. Weinberger. |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bSimon & Schuster, ‡c2017. | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©2017 | |
| 300 | . | ‡aviii, 336 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-334). | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aIntroduction: Why I wrote this book -- The founders and framers: who were those guys? -- Snapshots of life in Philadelphia, 1787 -- Heckling the right wing: their top ten talking points and my top ten comebacks -- God and the Constitution, Part I: Epistle to the Christian Right -- God and the Constitution, Part II: Epistle to the Mormons -- The writing of the Constitution: notes from the Constitutional Convention as recorded by Billey, slave to James Madison, May 6 to September 17, 1787 -- Charles Beard's economic interpretation of the Constitution, Part I: meeting the framers -- Charles Beard's economic interpretation of the Constitution, Part II: following the money -- The chapter of leftovers, Part I -- Open letter to Senator Ted Cruz written in the style of 1787 -- The Constitution according to Ben Carson, MD -- Rewriting the Constitution: Mark Levin and the Asner Amendments -- Immigration and Ann Coulter: a review that was never published in the New York Times Book Review -- The shocking truth about the Bill of Rights -- The Bill of Rights in the real world -- The chapter of leftovers, Part II -- The Emperor has no robes: Justice Antonin Scalia and Citizens United -- Scarier that Scalia: Introducing Justice Clarence Thomas -- What in Hell is a strict constructionist? -- Anonymous letter to certain members of the Supreme Court -- The chapter of leftovers, Part III -- The Second Amendment: Guns and the NRA -- In conclusion -- Appendix: The Constitution of the United States: a transcription. |
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