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Launched in 1995, George is the nation's largest political magazine. Under the leadership of its editor-in-chief, John Kennedy, the magazine has revolutionized the way politics are covered, treating the national drama with the verve and irreverence it deserves. As George's motto states, it's not just politics as usual.
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Launched in 1995, George is the nation's largest political magazine. Under the leadership of its editor-in-chief, John Kennedy, the magazine has revolutionized the way politics are covered, treating the national drama with the verve and irreverence it deserves. As George's motto states, it's not just politics as usual.

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Feel-good recommendations from the political magazine for the MTV set, with a 150,000-copy first printing.
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YA-As the late John F. Kennedy, Jr., explains in the introduction, this anthology pulls together 250 "...intriguing Americans' suggestions on improving this country....From moguls to moviemakers, right wingers to rabble-rousers, cartoonists to convicts to cookbook authors, we envisioned a convergence of ideas as diverse as the great drama of public life in America." And that is exactly what this thought-provoking and delightful book presents. Where else can you find Rita Mae Brown, Pat Boone, George McGovern, Pete Seeger, Chuck D., and Dr. Ruth all gathered together in one tome, all offering advice about what's good for this country? The short essays-one to two pages in length-are well written, succinct, and, for the most part, sincere and insightful, even if sometimes controversial or impractical. Some entries will surprise readers, as seemingly superficial celebrities offer profound suggestions for improving our land. Teens will be initially attracted to entries by Sean "Puffy" Combs and Ice-T, but will find themselves hooked on the format and also interested in the juxtaposition of inspiration and irreverence, humor and truth that these widely divergent pieces offer.-Becky Ferrall, Stonewall Jackson High School, Manassas, VA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780375750120
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 6/7/1999
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 341
  • Product dimensions: 5.17 (w) x 8.01 (h) x 0.80 (d)

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Launched in 1995, George is the nation's largest political magazine.  Under the leadership of its editor in chief, John F. Kennedy, Jr., the magazine has revolutionized political coverage, treating the national drama with the verve and irreverence it deserves. As George's motto states, it's not just politics as usual.

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How can we help improve America? I'll tell you how: by trading places. Have Newt Gingrich and all the ultraconservative politicians who are so strongly opposed to social spending exchange lives--for one month--with the poor people they regard with such disdain.

Within that period, send the hard-liners through a series of challenges that require them to perform absolute magic with money. That's right, take them through a battery of survival tests that demonstrate just how costly it is to be poor: force them to rise at 5 a.m. every day to catch several buses from city to suburbs to a job that pays minimum wage; make them pay one fourth of that income to live in run-down, crime-ridden public housing; compel them to provide another large portion of their salaries for day care costs (in this case, for 2.5 children); require them to shop for food and clothing only at neighborhood stores, where prices are dramatically higher than anywhere else; finally, throw in another glitch: medical costs. Then have Newt and the gang catch the bus to a public health center--to sit and wait for hours--to get their rising blood pressures checked.*
After thirty days, return the crew of conservatives to their ivory towers on Capitol Hill and ask them to tell us, "How can we help improve America?"

--Nathan McCall
Journalist/author/professor

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The loser of a lawsuit should pay the legal fees. These days, as soon as a person feels slighted or injured (physically or emotionally), they look for someone to sue. In this era of extremely diminished responsibility, people are desperately looking for scapegoats. Freedom does not mean that everyone is free to do anything theywant. The hope is not to win, but for the quick $50,000--because it's cheaper to settle than to fight. Since people and companies have to settle, insurance costs go up, prohibitive rules increase, and freedom is diminished. Freedom used to mean that one is free to achieve, to dream, to aspire, to think--free to do what is right. By assigning blame elsewhere, people are taking our freedom away. I believe that if the loser had to pay for the lawyers and court costs, people would think a lot longer before automatically blaming someone else for their own mistakes.
--Martina Navratilova
professional tennis player

*Editor's Note: At the time this contribution was written, Newt Gingrich was speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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    250 ways to make pre-september 11 america a better place to live.

    2006/1/2 i was sorry to learn that this marvelous compendium of opinions from us citizens was out of print.everyone knew that jfk jr created the magazine to give a forum for offbeat as well as on beat discussions.

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