Where's My Great Society? offers a progressive take on contemporary America from a Midwestern perspective. Political commentary with a scholar's touch is balanced by essays on root beer, dogs and cats, jazz, and more. The candor of Andy Rooney with a dash of Dave Barry, this is both a biting critique of contemporary politics and a celebration of what we can become if we get our act together. Serious and fun, as life should be. On American government: "The test is how it serves as a people's union to ensure that the common good takes precedence over private advantage. As Bill Moyers has said, the rich can buy more yachts than the rest of us, but we can't allow them to buy more democracy." On making English the national language: "Do we change the lyrics of thousands of popular songs with lines like "I ain't got nobody" to standard English as in "I don't have anyone"?" On schooling: "Most students in every country but ours attribute school success to hard work and study; most...

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