Is It Just Me?: More of the Best Commentary from Cleveland's Most Outspoken Columnist, 2001-2005 [Hardcover]

Dick Feagler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2005

Is it just me? From time to time we all scratch our heads and ask that question. With the world and our culture changing at dizzying speed, who doesn’t sometimes feel like the only one left with common sense? Dick Feagler knows the feeling. Feagler has been in the business of telling Cleveland what he thinks for more than 35 years. For a generation, his sharply crafted common-sense commentary has challenged us, reassured us, inspired us, touched us, and made us laugh. And his words have often set the tone for so many daily conversations here. Lately those conversations have been edgier and more thought-provoking than ever. And (no coincidence) so have Feagler’s columns. This book gathers selected columns that ran in the Plain Dealer since September 2001. The world has undergone monumental changes in that time, a period covering 9/11, the war in Iraq, and the increasingly vocal debate over gay rights. "My columns about these subjects caused much mail and resentment," Feagler writes. "Old-time fans who thought I was a lock-on, right-wing Republican were at first confused and then furious at my opinions. The lefties wrote to tell me they were glad I had at long last found salvation and come back to the fold." But Feagler would argue that he hasn’t moved at all. The world has. As this volume shows, he continues to express common sense. It’s just that he does so in a most uncommon way.

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Is it just me? From time to time we all scratch our heads and ask that question. With the world and our culture changing at dizzying speed, who doesn’t sometimes feel like the only one left with common sense? Dick Feagler knows the feeling. Feagler has been in the business of telling Cleveland what he thinks for more than 35 years. For a generation, his sharply crafted common-sense commentary has challenged us, reassured us, inspired us, touched us, and made us laugh. And his words have often set the tone for so many daily conversations here. Lately those conversations have been edgier and more thought-provoking than ever. And (no coincidence) so have Feagler’s columns. This book gathers selected columns that ran in the Plain Dealer since September 2001. The world has undergone monumental changes in that time, a period covering 9/11, the war in Iraq, and the ­increasingly vocal debate over gay rights. "My columns about these subjects caused much mail and resentment," Feagler writes. "Old-time fans who thought I was a lock-on, right-wing Republican were at first confused and then furious at my opinions. The lefties wrote to tell me they were glad I had at long last found salvation and come back to the fold." But Feagler would argue that he hasn’t moved at all. The world has. As this volume shows, he continues to express common sense. It’s just that he does so in a most ­uncommon way.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers (October 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886228973
• ISBN-13: 978-1886228979
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,488,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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