With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured vividly -- through the chronicle of a powerful family's fortunes -- one of the great political dramas of… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike. — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and gleaming teeth.… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
“he spoke of what he called the "inner history of weakness, of what disappoints us in leaders, the timidity of thought, the hesitancy and… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
He forever perplexes and annoys. Every time you think he is about to show the statesmanship for which his intelligence and experience have equipped… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
“Even though a part of Lippmann was tempted to retreat from the world, to build "walls against chaos," he fought that temptation. He challenged… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured vividly --… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
“he recounted how he had laid his fears to rest one night in what was "undoubtedly the most heroic event of my life." Confronting… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
Children, for whom suburban life was supposed to make wholesome little Johns and Wendys, became the acid-dropping, classroom-burning hippies of the 1960s. — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
We falter from childhood amidst shames and fears, we move in closed spaces where stale tradition enervates, we grow hysterical over success and failure,… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
