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O'Reilly, Bill.
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O'Reilly, Bill -- Political and social views.
Feirstein, Bruce -- Political and social views.
Political culture -- United States.
Culture conflict -- United States.
Conflict of generations -- United States.
Conservatism -- United States.
Social values -- United States.
Television news anchors -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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O'Reilly, Bill.
O'Reilly, Bill -- Political and social views.
Feirstein, Bruce -- Political and social views.
Political culture -- United States.
Culture conflict -- United States.
Conflict of generations -- United States.
Conservatism -- United States.
Social values -- United States.
Television news anchors -- United States -- Anecdotes.
MARC Display
Old
School
:
life
in the
sane
lane
/ Bill O'Reilly and Bruce Feirstein.
by
O'Reilly, Bill.
Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Call #:
306.0973 O66o
Subjects
O'Reilly, Bill -- Political and social views.
Feirstein, Bruce -- Political and social views.
Political culture -- United States.
Culture conflict -- United States.
Conflict of generations -- United States.
Conservatism -- United States.
Social values -- United States.
Television news anchors -- United States -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9781250135797 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Greetings from 1973 -- Preschool: take your seat -- Introducing the
Old
School
curriculum --
Old
School
is in session -- Snowdrift -- Growing up
Old
School
-- Social -- Going to
Old
School
-- Working it out -- The
Old
School
blues -- Tech it out --
Old
School
politics -- Are you a snowflake? -- Are you
Old
School
? --
Old
School
musings -- The
Old
School
election -- Facing facts -- Class dismissed.
Summary:
"You have probably heard the term
Old
School
, but what you might not know is that there is a concentrated effort to tear that
school
down. It's a values thing. The anti-Old
School
forces believe the traditional way of looking at
life
is oppressive. Not inclusive. The
Old
School
way may harbor microaggressions. Therefore,
Old
School
philosophy must be diminished. Those crusading against
Old
School
now have a name: Snowflakes. You may have seen them on cable TV whining about social injustice and income inequality. You may have heard them cheering Bernie Sanders as he suggested the government pay for almost everything. The Snowflake movement is proud and loud, and they don't like
Old
School
grads. So where are you in all this? Did you get up this morning knowing there are mountains to climb -- and deciding how you are going to climb them? Do you show up on time? Do you still bend over to pick up a penny? If so, you're
Old
School
. Or did you wake up whining about safe spaces and trigger warnings? Do you feel marginalized by your college's mascot? Do you look for something to get outraged about, every single day, so you can fire off a tweet defending your exquisitely precious sensibilities? Then you're a Snowflake. This book will explain the looming confrontation. Time to take a stand.
Old
School
or Snowflake. Which will it be? Bill O’Reilly is the author of A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity and Culture Warrior. Bruce Feirstein is the author of Real Men Don't Eat Quiche. He has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1994."--Provided by publisher.
"William James "Bill" O'Reilly Jr. was a television host for Fox News from 1996 until he was dismissed in 2017. He hosted the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor."--From wikipedia.org website.
Other authors:
Feirstein, Bruce.
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