Ostrowski's collection of essays . . . deserves publicity. . . this book is worthy of a read. -- Buffalo News, October 17, 2004
Political Class Dismissed sparkles with iconoclastic writing. . . . Ostrowski has developed into something of a modern-day Thomas Paine. -- The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, January/February 2005
[A]n enlightening book . . . an eye opener . . . both informative and interesting. . . outstanding. -- Speakupwny.com, June 2004
Product Description
Political Class Dismissed is an unrelenting assault on America's (and Buffalo's) political class: the people who have seized political power and used it to advance their own private interests--domestic and foreign--at our expense.
The author is uniquely qualified to expose the political class, growing up in a political family, being a former liberal Democratic activist and candidate, and practicing law in state and federal courts for twenty years. His trenchant and unprecedented critique of today's courts is alone worth the price of the book. He has been fighting the political machine for over twenty-five years, culminating with this broadside.
The centerpiece of the book is a 25,000-word essay detailing the decline of Buffalo, the quintessential rust belt city, from 1960-2000, explaining its causes and identifying its villains. Weaving together economic analysis, political theory, historical research and extensive personal experience, the author offers a panoramic view of the decline of one of America's great industrial cities.
The author's discussion of the decline of Buffalo gives readers from elsewhere a preview of what to expect in your city or town if the trend toward ever-expanding government continues.
That's just one of fifty incisive essays on politics, history, law, economics, war and peace. For example, 9/11, the Iraq War, and the Martha Stewart case are thoroughly dissected. There are "personality profiles" of Thoreau, Roosevelt, Chomsky, Clinton and Lincoln. Throughout the book, the reader gets the straight dope about politics from a writer who is pulling his own strings.
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