Synopses & Reviews
During the fifty years he has been variously a reporter, a political spokesperson, and a broadcaster, Bill Moyers has demonstrated a deep commitment to understanding the workings of our government and the role of the individual in society. His essays and commentaries, such as the recent “Shivers Down the Spine,” “A Time for Anger,” and “Journalism Under Fire,” are argued over and passed along as soon as they appear in print or on the Internet. Identifying what he sees as a political system increasingly at the mercy of a corporate ruling class, he urges a reengagement with the spirit of community that makes the work of democracy possible. Not only a trenchant critique of what is wrong, Moyers on America is also a call to arms for the progressive promise of the people of America, in whom his faith is strong.
About the Author
Bill Moyers is the former host of NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS. He was one of the organizers of the Peace Corps, spokesperson for President Lyndon Johnson, publisher of Newsday, senior correspondent for CBS News, and producer of many of public televisions groundbreaking series. He is the winner of more than thirty Emmy Awards, and the author of the bestselling books Listening to America, A World of Ideas, and Healing and the Mind.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Anchor Books EditionEditors Note
PART ONE: America Now
A Shiver Down the Spine
A Time for Anger
This Is Your Story. Pass It On.
Which America Will We Be Now?
—One Year Later
—War Is War
Crossing the Euphrates
PART TWO: The Soul of Democracy
The Declaration in Our Times
Many Faiths, One Nation
The Soul of Democracy
—Democracy in Peril
Wearing the Flag
PART THREE: The Media
Journalism Under Fire
The Making of a Journalist
Journalism and Democracy
Countering the Bastard Muses
The Fight of Our Lives
—Public Access in Peril
PART FOUR: Looking Back
Where the Jackrabbits Were
Empty Nest
Second Thoughts
Good Friend
Aging