An all-star team of eighteen conservative writers offers a hilarious, insightful, sanctimony-free remix of William Bennett’s The Book of Virtues —without parental controls. The Seven Deadly Virtues sits down next to readers at the bar, buys them a drink, and an hour or three later, ushers them into the revival tent without them even realizing it.
An all-star team of eighteen conservative writers offers a hilarious, insightful, sanctimony-free remix of William Bennett’s The Book of Virtues —without parental controls. The Seven Deadly Virtues sits down next to readers at the bar, buys them a drink, and an hour or three later, ushers them into the revival tent without them even realizing it. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jonathan V. Last is a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, a Washington-based political magazine, and author of What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster (Encounter Books). His writings have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New York Post, the Claremont Review of Books, First Things, and elsewhere.
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Acknowledgments / xi Introduction: On Virtues, Past and Present / 3 By Jonathan V. Last Part I: The Cardinal Virtues Chapter 1: The Seven Deadly Virtues: And the New York Times / 17 By P. J. O'Rourke Chapter 2: Prudence: Long Live the Queen / 26 By Andrew Ferguson Chapter 3: Justice: The One Virtue Nobody Really Wants / 38 By Rob Long Chapter 4: Courage: The Rise of "Shelter in Place" America / 48 By Michael Graham Chapter 5: Temperance: The Deadliest Virtue / 58 By Andrew Stiles Chapter 6: Hope: Chicago Is a Place Called Hope / 66 By David Burge (aka Iowahawk) Chapter 7: Charity: You Can't Give This Stuff Away / 74 By Mollie Hemingway Chapter 8: Faith: The Eleventh Commandment / 83 By Larry Miller Part II: The Everyday Virtues Chapter 9: Chastity: The Final Taboo / 95 By Matt Labash Chapter 10: Simplicity: Or, the Many-Splendored Virtues of Hoarding / 110 By James Lileks Chapter 11: Thrift: The Un-American Virtue / 121 By Joe Queenan Chapter 12: Honesty: It's Absolutely the Best Policy (Sometimes) / 129 By Rita Koganzon Chapter 13: Fellowship: Reach Out and Touch Someone / 139 By Christine Rosen Chapter 14: Forbearance: Opting Out of the Politicized Life / 147 By Sonny Bunch Chapter 15: Integrity: Living by the Code of the Superman / 156 By Jonah Goldberg Chapter 16: Curiosity: Maybe the Cat Got What It Had Coming / 165 By Christopher Caldwell Chapter 17: Perseverance: All the Way to the End / 174 By Christopher Buckley Author Bios / 185
Acknowledgments / xi Introduction: On Virtues, Past and Present / 3 By Jonathan V. Last Part I: The Cardinal Virtues Chapter 1: The Seven Deadly Virtues: And the New York Times / 17 By P. J. O'Rourke Chapter 2: Prudence: Long Live the Queen / 26 By Andrew Ferguson Chapter 3: Justice: The One Virtue Nobody Really Wants / 38 By Rob Long Chapter 4: Courage: The Rise of "Shelter in Place" America / 48 By Michael Graham Chapter 5: Temperance: The Deadliest Virtue / 58 By Andrew Stiles Chapter 6: Hope: Chicago Is a Place Called Hope / 66 By David Burge (aka Iowahawk) Chapter 7: Charity: You Can't Give This Stuff Away / 74 By Mollie Hemingway Chapter 8: Faith: The Eleventh Commandment / 83 By Larry Miller Part II: The Everyday Virtues Chapter 9: Chastity: The Final Taboo / 95 By Matt Labash Chapter 10: Simplicity: Or, the Many-Splendored Virtues of Hoarding / 110 By James Lileks Chapter 11: Thrift: The Un-American Virtue / 121 By Joe Queenan Chapter 12: Honesty: It's Absolutely the Best Policy (Sometimes) / 129 By Rita Koganzon Chapter 13: Fellowship: Reach Out and Touch Someone / 139 By Christine Rosen Chapter 14: Forbearance: Opting Out of the Politicized Life / 147 By Sonny Bunch Chapter 15: Integrity: Living by the Code of the Superman / 156 By Jonah Goldberg Chapter 16: Curiosity: Maybe the Cat Got What It Had Coming / 165 By Christopher Caldwell Chapter 17: Perseverance: All the Way to the End / 174 By Christopher Buckley Author Bios / 185
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