Nov
12
2008
The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken
- Publisher: Dutton
- Year: 2005
- Pages: 352
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- №66
I read this book once in 2005 when it came out, and then again in 2006.
As this is my third time reading The Truth…
Mar
22
2008
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
- Publisher: Penguin Press HC
- Year: 2007
- Pages: 320
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- №26
I hadn’t even been aware that Al Gore had written a book; we all know him, of course, as the human…
Feb
02
2008
Bill of Wrongs by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
- Publisher: Random House
- Year: 2007
- Pages: 240
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- №9
When Molly Ivins passed away last year, I realized that I knew her only by a very vague name association…
Apr
24
2007
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Several weeks ago, the War in Iraq entered its fourth year—despite the official “end of major combat” that the codpiece-sporting President announced mere months after it began—and the steady sectarian violence pursuant to the toppling of Saddam…
Apr
03
2007
Naked In Baghdad by Anne Garrels
- Publisher: Picador
- Year: 2003/2004
- Pages: 264
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- №16
Mere days ago, the War in Iraq entered its fourth year—despite the official “end of major combat” that the codpiece-sporting President announced mere months…
Feb
22
2007
I was forwarded this article this morning by someone who often sends me not links to articles, but the sort of perfidious chain e-mails that recast a bogus FNC story and add the lines “God Bless America! If you agree…