Summary of David Mamet's The Secret Knowledge

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The political impulse, similarly, must proceed from a universal urge to order social relations. Emotions may elevate practical partisan differences to the realm of the spiritual or doctrinal, which is to say, the irreconcilable. #2 We cannot live without trade. A society can neither advance nor improve without excess of disposable income. This excess can only be amassed through the production of goods and services that are necessary or attractive to the masses. #3 I wrote a political play, and in it, I realized that I was not immune from the folly of partisanship, muddle-headedness, and rancor in political thought. I enjoyed the righteous indignation and the licensed spectacle as much as anyone. #4 The play was a love letter to America. I considered the play a love letter to America. I knew that the Voice, a local New York paper, had always been the voice of the Left, but I schemed to ensnare them and get them to publish an article titled Why I Am No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal.