{"product_id":"nothin-but-good-times-ahead-isbn-9780679754886","title":"Nothin' But Good Times Ahead","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe's back.  Molly Ivins, our most perceptive, outrageously funny political commentator, has given us an uproarious new book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNothin' But Good Times Ahead\u003c\/i\u003e, Ivins proved that no one has a steadier gaze or a quicker trigger finger, as she hits the bull's-eye in such targets as George Bush, Bill Clinton, Camille Paglia, the Clarence Thomas hearings, and the ethics-twisting, English-slaughtering pols of her beloved Texas.  Here's Molly on: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1992 Republican Convention: \"Many people did not care for Pat Buchanan's speech; it probably sounded better in the original German.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTexas politics: \"Better than the zoo, better than the circus, rougher than football, and even more aesthetically satisfying than baseball.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGibber Lewis, former House Speaker of the Texas State Legislature: \"He once announced, 'This is unparalyzed in the state's history.\" Another Gibberism: \"It could have bad ramifistations in the hilterlands.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\"America's wisest and funniest political columnist, bar none... better'n a bottle of Cuervo and a fine-tuned pick up.\"- \u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Her gift for sounding outrageous and sensible at the same time... makes Molly Ivins a superb political columnist... sarcastic, succinct, compassionate.\"- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A delight... Molly Ivins knows all about the dark side of our public and private existence, but she also has a comic sense of life.\"- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003eMolly Ivins was columnist for the \u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e. She was formerly a reporter and columnist with \u003ci\u003eDallas Times Herald\u003c\/i\u003e.  She has written for national newspapers and magazines including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Time, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNewsweek.\u003c\/i\u003e She died in 2007.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302307221733,"sku":"NP9780679754886","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679754886.jpg?v=1767733919","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/nothin-but-good-times-ahead-isbn-9780679754886","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}