Peggy Noonan is an author of seven books, a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and she was a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Five of Noonan's books have been New York Times bestsellers. Noonan is a trustee of the Manhattan Institute. She makes regular appearances on CBS's Face the Nation, ABC's This Week and NBC's Meet The Press.
"[THE TIME OF OUR LIVES] is an examination of the soul of a
politics and a culture...This book helps, by teaching, encouraging,
challenging, chronicling - by giving thanks and raising grave
concerns, too, but always laced with hope illuminated by
faith."--The National Review
"Bravo, Peggy Noonan. The English historian J. H. Plumb once said
that what we need is more 'heart-wise' historians. Heart-wise
Noonan certainly is."--David McCullough
"No one writes more beautifully about America than Peggy Noonan-our
politics, our culture, our lives. She's the best friend every
nation should have, the one who will tell you everything that's
wrong with you, but say it with so much love, and such wry honesty
that you can't help but nod your head in agreement."--Megan
McArdle, columnist, Bloomberg View
"Noonan's eye for poetry in the mundane allows her to articulate
the time of our lives, even as she appreciates each individual
person's life and actions."--The Weekly Standard
"Noonan's new book shines...[Her] prose is marked by a democratic
straightforwardness...She demonstrates a profound understanding of
the ambitions that drive politicians."--RealClear Politics
"Peggy Noonan is a national treasure. Her words and essays have
swept through decades, capturing events and moments. With grace and
optimism, Noonan confides in the reader as she would a dear friend.
And in a world that is clicking too fast, she reminds us how the
best of life is found in the details: of where we have been, and of
what we are now."--Matt Drudge
"Peggy Noonan's columns and essays are exquisitely written and
perceptively argued. I am a devoted reader. Her writings illuminate
the issues and provide a vision of our future."--Henry
Kissinger
"Some people think politics is all about money and power. Others
imagine it is all about philosophy and the power of ideas. Peggy
Noonan knows, and teaches us all, that politics is about human
beings living together. That means that understanding politics
requires more than cynicism and more even than idealism -- it
requires sensitivity, experience, wisdom and insight. Noonan does
more than tell us that: she shows us, because she possesses all of
these in droves. She approaches the most pressing questions of
American life with an appreciation for the highs and lows that make
us all human, and a knack for seeing exactly what her subjects want
to hide. A collection like this one helps us appreciate the
enduring value of such insight: Noonan's writing is always about
current events, yet also always full of timeless lessons on how to
look at politics and really see it."--Yuval Levin, editor of
National Affairs
"Superb...[Noonan's] insights are acute, sharply stated, and
extremely moving...The lasting message of this powerful collection
is that the bubble that today's politicians live in, insulated from
the people they govern, uniquely threatens the American
commonwealth."--Publisher's Weekly
"The only predictable thing about Noonan's column is its
unpredictability."--Tim Russert
"Thoroughly enjoyable and intellectually compelling... Noonan
captures her subjects--people and society, moments and eras--with
an excellence and durability to which I, as a writer, must aspire
but know, deep down, I will rarely achieve."--Ross Kaminsky, The
American Specatator
"THE TIME OF OUR LIVES is terrific...it's just great thinking
turned to print."--The Buffalo News
Conventional wisdom assigns most ambitious women to a place on the
political left. So how, then, has Noonan carved out a remarkably
successful career as a journalist, presidential speechwriter, and
author on the political right? In this impressive collection of
speeches and journalistic commentaries, readers hear the
convention-defying voice that has made Noonan a national presence
as an exponent of conservatism. Readers hear that distinctive voice
in, for instance, an elegiac reflection on the exceptional normalcy
and fair-mindedness of fellow journalist Tim Russert, in an acerbic
indictment of President Obama for not joining with other world
leaders in a show of solidarity after the Charlie Hebdo killings,
and in a hopeful prediction of the difference Pope Francis will
make for Catholicism. Addressing other topics-including 9/11, the
Iraq War, Obamacare, illegal immigration, the machinations of both
Clintons, and internecine war in the Republican Party-that voice
varies considerably in tone yet develops a coherent perspective of
sober concern about the trajectory of American culture and
politics. But readers may value most the exceptionally candid and
capacious introduction, in which Noonan reflects on her childhood,
her maturation as a journalist, and her philosophy as a
professional writer. A refreshingly spontaneous and engaging
collection.--Booklist, Starred Review
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