Matters of State

In Matters of State Philip Hamburger, president-watcher and Reporter at Large for The New Yorker, collects his pieces on a beat he has made his own -- American political life. This collection of essays, chosen from sixty years of writing, is an original and refreshingly nonpartisan chronicle of American twentieth century politics. Matters of State is Hamburger's testament, both humorous and serious, to the glorious diversity of America's political life. Book jacket.

Philip Hamburger has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1939