Quick & Quotable: Columns from Washington, 1985-1997. This collection of William Hershey's weekly columns as the Akron Beacon Journal’s Washington correspondent looks at how members of Congress from Ohio contributed to the headlines and what the headlines meant for readers in terms of issues such as the economy, clean air, trade and the United States’ place in the world.
Bill Hershey’s columns are time capsules about our politics and politicians. America’s favorite swing state, Ohio, has produced many of the nation’s best known statesmen, and Hershey has insights into all of them—gathered together into this readable volume. —Larry J. Sabato, Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics