Margaret Carlson -- widely read "Time" columnist, regular CNN
panelist, political insider, and hostess of A-list but scarcely
traditional Washington dinners -- has been commenting on American
life for over a decade. In "Anyone Can Grow Up," she expands on her
writings about presidents, politics, morals, children, family life,
and lessons from her own life.
In the section entitled "Presidential Material," Carlson
reflects on what it takes to be president by looking at those who
choose to pursue the office (and by extension, those, like her, who
choose to cover the pursuit). She looks at the hard facts (offices
held, speeches given, money raised) and the soft, sometimes
determinative, ones (how the candidates talk and look, how they
perform under pressure, who they marry and divorce when no one is
looking, and how they get into -- and out of -- scrapes). The best
man doesn't always win. That's why those who've lost, and those who
almost run but don't, are covered as well. Bush Sr. and son, and
Clinton in his scandalous term, are here. Carlson also takes a look
at those whom have thought of running, like Donald Trump, those who
America wanted to run, like Colin Powell, and those who've run and
lost, like John McCain.
Carlson draws from her own life in the "Family Matters" section
as well, commenting on subjects relating to children, women, and
men -- from abortion to balancing work and family, from feminism to
sexual harassment.
Finally, in the last section, we read about what makes us who we
are and what makes us do what we do. From breaking down how
congressmen make money on the side to what cost Newt Gingrich his
job, from days in court trying the Menendez brothers to amemorable
three-hour lunch with Katharine Hepburn that didn't turn out the
way she imagined, Carlson finds the strength of character, or lack
of it, in Americans famous and not.
Carlson gets as many as a hundred letters a week from readers
who say, "That's exactly what I was thinking." In the vein of Anna
Quindlen, Ellen Goodman, and Bill O'Reilly, here is a wise and
witty book from a writer who knows what makes us tick.
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