Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Mamet, David,

Recessional : the death of free speech and the cost of the free lunch David Mamet. - First Edition. - New York : Broadside Books, 2022. - 227 p. Hardback book.

Includes index.

Introduction -- The fountain pen -- Cause and effect -- Reds, pinks, and goo-goos -- What's in a name -- Pippa passes -- King Kong -- Some (mainly) musical revelations -- Two hangings -- Various discoveries -- Farther along; or, The accident chain -- On the passivity of Jews -- Bruno Bettelheim and the broke-down cowboy: two American stories -- Attention must be paid -- Experts and oligarchs -- Slave lessons -- Belinda Raguesto returns from Switzerland -- Hamlet and Oedipus meet the zombies -- A message from Schpershevski -- Chelm; or, No arrest for the wicked -- Some linguistic curiosities -- The Nazis got your mom -- Demotic, a confession -- Grief and wisdom -- Time travel -- Moby Dick -- Real live -- Rainy day fun for shut-ins: Xmas 2020 -- Give my regrets to Broadway -- Broadway -- Gags -- Humility -- Max the hamster -- Disons le mot -- Art, time, and the madness of the old -- Tug-of-peace -- The awl through the ear -- Goodnight, Irene -- Recessional.

"The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of the Free Lunch"-- The author disects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the west.

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2000-2099


Right and left (Political science)--United States.
Political culture--United States.
Politics and government.


United States--Politics and government--21st century.

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