Time Present, Time Past A Memoir

by BRADLEY, BILL

• ISBN13: 9780679768159
• ISBN10: 0679768157
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-14
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

During his terms in the U.S. Senate, Bill Bradley won a national reputation for thoughtfulness, decency, and a willingness to take controversial positions on issues ranging from tax reform to the rights of Native Americans. All these qualities inform this best-selling memoir, in which Bradley assesses his political career and the experiences that shaped his convictions, and looks beyond them to consider the state of the American union on the eve of the 21st century.Time Present, Time Pastoffers an intimate portrait of the day-to-day working of the Senate: how legislation gets passed and sometimes thwarted; how money is raised and at what cost. But Bradley also writes about deeper questions: What does it means to be an American in an ago of dwindling opportunities and increasing inequality? How much can we expect from our public servants? What do we owe our fellow citizens? The result is a genuinely revelatory book, informed by intelligence, compassion, and unprecedented candor. "Strikingly reflects the realities of modern politics, what it looks like, feels like, from the inside."--New York Times Book Review

Author Biography

Bill Bradley has been a three-time basketball All-American at Princeton, an Olympic gold medalist, a Rhodes scholar, and a professional player for ten years with the New York Knicks.  Elected to the Senate from New Jersey in 1978, 1984, and 1990, he has authored extensive legislation, including the Tax Reform Act of 1986.  Bradley has written two previous books, Life on the Run and The Fair Tax. He is married and has one daughter.

Table of Contents

Preface	XI
1 Crystal City	3	(14)
2 The Garden	17	(12)
3 The Walking Town Meeting	29	(30)
4 The World's Greatest Deliberative Body	59	(32)
5 The Big Picture	91	(26)
6 Outside the Frame	117	(28)
7 The Media Burn	145	(17)
8 Money Is Power	162	(32)
9 Night Thoughts	194	(20)
10 The Closed Frontier	214	(22)
11 Getting to Billings	236	(14)
12 Trouble with Unions	250	(17)
13 The Scotch-Irish Nation	267	(23)
14 The Original Americans	290	(27)
15 The Creedal Society	317	(37)
16 Across the Great Divide	354	(40)
17 Promises to Keep	394	(22)
18 A River That Still Runs	416	(9)
Afterword to the Vintage Edition	425	(6)
Acknowledgments	431	(2)
Index	433