SON OF THE GREAT SOCIETY

... is not what the sensitive LBJ is likely to call Art Buchwald, our most popular Washington columnist in decades. using the President more often than not, Buchwald also strops his wit on Lady Bird, Liz Taylor, Red China and American family life in short, sure strokes of comic/satiric genius that get first airing as newspaper columns. This collection follows up I Chose Capitol Punishment and, although the books are correctly categorized as essays in light humor, Buchwald's irreverent approach to everyone and everything often makes serious sense.