{"product_id":"the-grouchy-historian-an-old-time-lefty-defends-our-constitution-against-right-wing-hypocrites-and-nutjobs-paperback","title":"The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Asner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEd. Weinberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \"an unabashedly biased, deeply researched book\" (\u003ci\u003eSF Gate\u003c\/i\u003e), Ed Asner--the actor who starred as Lou Grant on \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c\/i\u003e--reclaims the Constitution from the right-wingers who think that they and only they know how to interpret it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEd Asner, a self-proclaimed dauntless Democrat from the old days, figured that if the right-wing wackos are wrong about voter fraud, Obama's death panels, and climate change, they are probably just as wrong about what the Constitution says. There's no way that two hundred-plus years later, the right-wing ideologues know how to interpret the Constitution. On their way home from Philadelphia the people who wrote it couldn't agree on what it meant. What was the president's job? Who knew? All they knew was that the president was going to be George Washington and as long as he was in charge, that was good enough. When Hamilton wanted to start a national bank, Madison told him that it was unconstitutional. Both men had been in the room when the Constitution was written. And now today there are politicians and judges who claim that \u003ci\u003ethey\u003c\/i\u003e know the original meaning of the Constitution. Are you kidding? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Grouchy Historian, \u003c\/i\u003eEd Asner leads the charge for liberals to reclaim the Constitution from the right-wingers who use it as their justification for doing whatever terrible thing they want to do, which is usually to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. It's about time someone gave them hell and explained that progressives can read, too.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Asner was a television legend, well known for his role as Lou Grant on \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c\/i\u003e and subsequent spin-off \u003ci\u003eLou Grant.\u003c\/i\u003e He won seven acting Emmy Awards, and was nominated a total of twenty times. Asner also made a name for himself as a trade unionist and a political activist. He served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild, from 1981-1985, during which he was an outspoken critic of former SAG President Ronald Reagan, then the US president, for his Central American policy. He died in 2021. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEd. Weinberger began his career in the early 1960s with Dick Gregory and has written for such diverse comedians as Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, and Johnny Carson (for five years on \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e). He wrote for and produced \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c\/i\u003e, co-created \u003ci\u003eTaxi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDear John\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cosby Show\u003c\/i\u003e. He also executive-produced and created \u003ci\u003eAmen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSparks\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood News\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won three Golden Globe Awards, a Peabody, and nine Emmys. In 2000, he received The Writer's Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in Los Angeles.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732231254323,"sku":"9781501166044","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RVhhb1IrZjN0L2R0TGtjM3VWOGUrQT09.webp?v=1763884882","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-grouchy-historian-an-old-time-lefty-defends-our-constitution-against-right-wing-hypocrites-and-nutjobs-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}