Why Do People Hate America? was first published in the UK in 2002. I found this book in late March, 2025. It was timely and poignant reading this duriWhy Do People Hate America? was first published in the UK in 2002. I found this book in late March, 2025. It was timely and poignant reading this during the Trump tariff tactics as they were announced and increased day after day. I finished reading on Mon. 21, April, '25. I couldn't disagree with anything in the book. I have the advantage, being Australian, of viewing it objectively. I can imagine what a Canadian would think of this book after Trump's suggestion of Canada becoming an American state.
I learnt a few new pieces of history. Surprised to find, 'the league of the Iroquois inspired Benjamin Franklin to copy it in planning the federation of States.' Another thing, the essence, still, of the British Constitution is that it is unwritten, (Either was the Iroquois') - that is the mystique and its great advantage. If the Constitution is a product of its time, then it is also a product of the experience of those who debated and framed it.
The book gives a clear understanding of the reach and dominance of American global cultural and economic hyper-imperialism. While reading, one of President Trumps tariff announcements said, "The world has been taking advantage of The United States for far too long." Hearing that was a real coffee spray....more
T.S. Eliot: reflects that it might have come out better in limericks
Four Quartets For an Anglican, time is too vast; A roPistache, by Sebastian Faulks
T.S. Eliot: reflects that it might have come out better in limericks
Four Quartets For an Anglican, time is too vast; A rose or a vision can't last: It's a moment in history, Our grace and our mystery, And the future is lost in the past.
pistache, pis-tash n a friendly spoof or parody of another's work. [ Deriv uncertain. Possibly a cross between pastiche and p**stake.]
Includes Franz Kafka: tries to keep up with the world of Mr Gates George Orwell: confronts the real 1984 Virginia Woolf: goes to a hen-party W.B. Yeats: reports on the 2006 Ryder Cup at Kildair The Brontës: place some lonely hearts ads Lewis Carroll: moves Alice into the 1960s Thomas Hardy: is sent to cover the big match James Joyce: makes a best man's speech D.H. Lawrence: writes a brochure for 18-30 holidays Dylan Thomas: writes a cereal advertisement Enid Blyton: see the Famous Five grown up Graham Greene: tries a story through a woman's eyes
Lots more . . .
This is not a book for the faint-hearted or the downstairs lavatory. It is a book for the bedside table of someone you cannot live without....more
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