Stuff
Product Details
Free Press, October 2003
Trade Paperback, 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0743240871
ISBN-13: 9780743240871
Description
From Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball and NBC's The Chris Matthews Show, and New York Times bestselling author of Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think, comes a definitive work on the lifeblood of America -- its enduring spirit.
People have often wondered what makes America truly great. With a citizenry of vastly different races, religions, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds, what intangible bond unites and defines us as "Americans"? In his own inimitable style, Chris Matthews offers a portrait of a country born of contradictions. We are a people reluctant to fight, who become ferocious when threatened or attacked. We are a deeply practical nation, yet we stand as the world's great optimists. Inherently suspicious of governmental power, we still embrace our flag in times of danger. Fiercely independent, in love with freedom, and eager to face the future, we are like no other people on earth.
Matthews asserts that our greatest strength is a set of distinct notions that comprise our national character. The self-made man. The reluctant warrior. The lone hero. We celebrate them in our popular culture and throughout our history, from 1776 to 9/11. In American, Matthews explores the best America stands for and portrays our country as a beacon for the modern world -- unafraid of challenges, moving ever forward, and ready and willing to prevail.
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Table of ContentsCreators.com, October 13, 2011
...were "policy wonks" and called that, in what was probably an attempt at humor, a "disease." The American public usually does not like wonks, but Carter certainly did not emphasize that part of his character when he campaigned for the ...
US News & World Report, October 7, 2011
...the Newseum. In a town of polished shiny people, he pleased people by uttering some simple truths. The American people are "stressed out." In hard times, it will be a "tough, close election." Too bad about Congress and its "light schedule," ...
AlphaTrade Finance, October 4, 2011
...into our world and irrespective of one's morning TV habits, Today's place in television history and American culture—as the closest thing we have to a national hearth—is secure." Based on in-depth interviews with Today family members ...
Ulitzer, October 4, 2011
...into our world and irrespective of one's morning TV habits, Today's place in television history and American culture--as the closest thing we have to a national hearth--is secure." Based on in-depth interviews with Today family members such ...
MSNBC, October 3, 2011
...that he and his family had leased. The story got additional legs when Herman Cain, the only African American in the 2012 GOP field, piled on. “I think that it shows a lack of sensitivity for a long time of not taking that word off of that ...
News Sentinel, September 19, 2011
...Roman Empire Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels writes in his new book which comes out Tuesday. Daniels writes that American leaders will have to increase the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare and cut benefits for the wealthy. They ...
USA Today, September 1, 2011
...of Oz. By Carrie Fisher On sale: Nov. 1 The actress reflects on her Star Wars years. By Chris Matthews On sale: Nov. 1 A biography of our 35th president. By Joan Didion On sale: Nov. 4 Didion writes about her late daughter. By Stephen King ...
USA Today, August 31, 2011
...of Oz. By Carrie Fisher On sale: Nov. 1 The actress reflects on her Star Wars years. By Chris Matthews On sale: Nov. 1 A biography of our 35th president. By Joan Didion On sale: Nov. 4 Didion writes about her late daughter. By Stephen King ...
Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2010
...controversy, Tiger Woods coverage: Mike Wise, the Washington Post; Buzz Bissinger, Vanity Fair. 7 a.m. CNN The Chris Matthews Show Al Qaeda: Joe Klein, Time magazine; Andrea Mitchell; Elisabeth Bumiller, the New York Times; David ...
Common Dreams, January 2, 2010
...national reaction has been to this latest terrorist episode, egged on -- as usual -- by the always-hysterical American media. The citizenry has been trained to expect that our Powerful Daddies and Mommies in government will -- in that ...
MinnPost, December 9, 2009
...of Bachmann. I know some of her past comments have gotten her into trouble — the episode with Chris Matthews on "Hardball," when she called Barack Obama "anti-American," being the most egregious. ( it was a "misstatement" and took back the ...
American Thinker, November 25, 2009
...can. But recognizing the tragic human condition is not synonymous with despair. And as we roam about the American political landscape and meet up with the controlling pessimism of Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and their crass, partisan underlings and ...
Media Matters for America, November 19, 2009
...by reporters using their self-selected nicknames. But that was nothing compared to this Hardball exchange from last Friday: CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about the Sarah Palin phenomenon. We can only judge these things fairly like a ...
Cox News via News-Journal, November 15, 2009
...not have set me free yet, but it explained a lot about what is being perpetrated on the American people. The storm of socialism is coming, and this book at least tells you how they are doing it, and how you will be impacted by it. The ...
Politico, November 12, 2009
...In a sketch on Jimmy Fallon, recession-stricken audience members ate pages out of Rand’s books for sustenance. Chris Matthews, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh all recommend her work. CNBC reporter Rick Santelli’s on-air tirade against ...
Orange County Weekly, November 11, 2009
...the origins of the new Tea Party movement and the importance of standing up for liberty and the American Dream." DeBrecht explains in the press materials accompaying the announcement of her new book's release, "When public schools no longer ...
ABC News, November 9, 2009
...senators that their votes won't be forgotten): "Health Care for America Now (HCAN), in partnership with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) -- announced it is running TV ads in 20 House districts ...
Huffington Post, October 22, 2009
...Crossposted with the Center for American Progress. Not long ago, cable news cameras turned their focus skyward to an almost celestial body hurling itself across the sky. Broadcasters watched breathless as it landed. They were agog ...
American Thinker, October 9, 2009
...well-funded right-wing think tanks and individuals underwrite conservative newsletters and newspapers such as the Western Journalism Center, the American Spectator, and the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Next, the stories are reprinted on the ...
Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2009
...Anthony Zinni (ret.), Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.). (N) 8:30 a.m. KCBS The Chris Matthews Show (N) 9 a.m. KNBC Fareed Zakaria GPS Israel-Gaza conflict: U.N. investigator Richard Goldstone; Iran, Afghanistan: ...
Lucianne.com, September 24, 2009
... Pivoting off of Christopher Anderson's new book, 'Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage,' Jay Leno delivered this monologue joke, with MSNBC's Chris Matthews as the punch line, on Wednesday night's prime time Jay Leno Show ...
Pottsdown Mercury, September 3, 2009
...U.N. speech that stampeded the United States into an ill-advised war in Iraq. How could any serious American journalist possibly have seen that coming? Or, as your humble, obedient servant here wrote at the time, ?War fever, catch it.? This ...
DuBois Courier-Express, September 3, 2009
...U.N. speech that stampeded the United States into an ill-advised war in Iraq. How could any serious American journalist possibly have seen that coming? Or, as your humble, obedient servant here wrote at the time, 'War fever, catch it.' This ...
Lancaster Eagle Gazette, September 1, 2009
...exercising his rights and making a political statement using the pistol as a visual reminder. When interviewed by Chris Matthews of MSNBC, Kostric said he went to the town hall because he ?wanted people to remember the rights that we have, ...
The Times and Democrat, August 31, 2009
...U.N. speech that stampeded the United States into an ill-advised war in Iraq. How could any serious American journalist possibly have seen that coming? Or, as your humble, obedient servant here wrote at the time, War fever, catch it. This ...
Muskegon Chronicle, August 30, 2009
...U.N. speech that stampeded the United States into an ill-advised war in Iraq. How could any serious American journalist possibly have seen that coming? Or, as your humble, obedient servant here wrote at the time, "War fever, catch it." This ...
Daily News Tribune, August 27, 2009
...U.N. speech that stampeded the United States into an ill-advised war in Iraq. How could any serious American journalist possibly have seen that coming? Or, as your humble, obedient servant here wrote at the time, 'War fever, catch it.' This ...
National Review, August 27, 2009
...parrying with a hostile press corps, for a time rivaled those of cable-news shows such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and Fox and Friends . Washington Post reporter Bradley Graham chronicles the full span of Rumsfeld?s remarkable career ...
Washington Times, June 25, 2009
...is being created by award-winning chef Alan Wong, whose Honolulu restaurant has been ranked among the top 10 American restaurants by Gourmet magazine. The guests and the Obamas, known for their prolific dance moves, will be entertained by 20 ...
American Thinker, May 24, 2009
...of Barack Obama's 1995 memoir Dreams From My Father on the back shelf. But then I heard Chris Matthews. The Hardball host was weighing in on the subject of Sarah Palin's new book deal. 'Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book,' ...
Greenwich Time, April 19, 2009
...Do you know what it means to 'go to the mattresses'? There's no doubt that great American cliches are, well, cliches. Whether we speak in street slang or have a broad, beautiful vocabulary, we all use little bits of language that come from ...
Canada Free Press, April 16, 2009
...inequality, uncertainty, and injustices that define capitalism. It also explains why some scoff at the idea of promoting American values and democracy, viewing them as not worth exporting or not being so great as to be universally desired. ...
Missoulian, April 10, 2009
...drop of a hat?Do you know what it means to go to the mattresses?Theres no doubt that great American cliches are, well, cliches. Whether we speak in street slang or have a broad, beautiful vocabulary, we all use little bits of language that ...
Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009
...mattresses? means shooting a gun? Well, you?re close, but no cigar. There?s no doubt that great American clichés are, well, clichés. Whether we speak with street slang or have a broad, beautiful vocabulary, we all use little bits of ...
MediaSyndicate, March 8, 2009
...the gangs all here, Oh, Oh, and O let?s not forget the Obama media?s Tweety Bird Chris Matthews, Halli?s Joe Scarborough-Fair, and the gang at Fox News who sometimes really can shoot straight,? Ms. Casser-Jayne writes in the introduction to ...
MediaSyndicate, March 8, 2009
...the gangs all here, Oh, Oh, and O let?s not forget the Obama media?s Tweety Bird Chris Matthews, Halli?s Joe Scarborough-Fair, and the gang at Fox News who sometimes really can shoot straight,? Ms. Casser-Jayne writes in the introduction to ...
Right Wing News, March 1, 2009
...position -- that when you put too many like-minded people in the same place, in this case, the American newsroom, you're going to get a kind of slanted journalism. And the like-minded people are mostly to the left so you're going to get a ...
One News Now, February 10, 2009
...determined. Wow. Thanks, Jeff, for those hard-hitting insights.  And of course there's MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, who were no better than cheerleaders for Obama. As it turns out, it wasn't just them. It was all of ...
Human Events Online, January 26, 2009
...book, , paints a vivid picture of how bad it gets. Goldberg writes of the clown show at MSNBC, Chris Matthews is a journalist hooker putting out for Obama from the moment the senator showed some leg. (published by HUMAN EVENTS sister company ...
STLtoday.com, January 1, 2009
...of abundant talent vying for prominence in one place. Because the Times is so ingrained a factor in American life, its every flaw, foible, and stumble is magnified, making the insignificant seem serious and the serious monumental. ?But the ...
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