{"product_id":"the-conservative-sensibility-paperback","title":"The Conservative Sensibility - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge F. Will\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist's \"astonishing\" and \"enthralling\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and Notable Book about how the Founders' belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) -- \"easily one of the best books on American Conservatism ever written\" (Jonah Goldberg).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e For more than four decades, George F. Will has attempted to discern the principles of the Western political tradition and apply them to America's civic life. Today, the stakes could hardly be higher. Vital questions about the nature of man, of rights, of equality, of majority rule are bubbling just beneath the surface of daily events in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Founders' vision, articulated first in the Declaration of Independence and carried out in the Constitution, gave the new republic a framework for government unique in world history. Their beliefs in natural rights, limited government, religious freedom, and in human virtue and dignity ushered in two centuries of American prosperity. Now, as Will shows, conservatism is under threat -- both from progressives and elements inside the Republican Party. America has become an administrative state, while destructive trends have overtaken family life and higher education. Semi-autonomous executive agencies wield essentially unaccountable power. Congress has failed in its duty to exercise its legislative powers. And the executive branch has slipped the Constitution's leash. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the intellectual battle between the vision of Founding Fathers like James Madison, who advanced the notion of natural rights that pre-exist government, and the progressivism advanced by Woodrow Wilson, the Founders have been losing. It's time to reverse America's political fortunes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Expansive, intellectually thrilling, and written with the erudite wit that has made Will beloved by millions of readers, \u003ci\u003eThe Conservative Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary new book from one of America's most celebrated political writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge F. Will \u003c\/b\u003ewrites a twice-weekly syndicated column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs for the Washington Post. He began his column with The Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. He is also a regular contributor to MSNBC and NBC News. His fourteen previous books include \u003ci\u003eOne Man's America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMen at Work\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStatecraft as Soulcraft\u003c\/i\u003e. Will grew up in Champaign, Ill., attended Trinity College and Oxford University and received a PhD from Princeton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769247727904,"sku":"9780316480949","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/99932d87034bf1f2b5be00f193569392.webp?v=1780344269","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-conservative-sensibility-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}