Mar 22 2008
The Assault on Reason by Al GoreI hadn’t even been aware that Al Gore had written a book; we all know him, of course, as the human klaxon for global warming, but he’s apparently been busy writing…
Mar 12 2008
Mar 10 2008
New York’s Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, is in trouble after getting caught soliciting a prostitute. Oops. A shame, that: I liked the man’s work.
Feb 14 2008
CNN sure picks interesting pictures of Hillary Clinton.
“Don’t cry for me, Argentina…”
Feb 11 2008
Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America’s Soul by Edward HumesI was a little hesitant to read Edward Humes’ Monkey Girl, not because I believed it would be a bad book, but rather because I was…
Feb 09 2008
Our Dumb World: The Onion’s Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition by The OnionThe Onion has long been known as one of the snarkiest satirical rags around, first in its print form, and later as…
Feb 02 2008
Bill of Wrongs by Molly Ivins and Lou DuboseWhen Molly Ivins passed away last year, I realized that I knew her only by a very vague name association (I’d seen her name on a couple of anti-Bush books)…
Jan 30 2008
Thomas Paine’s ‘The Rights of Man’: A Biography by Christopher HitchensI continue my torrid literary affair with Christopher Hitchens with his latest short biography. He’s previously done a slim tome about Thomas Jefferson; now, he turns to famed…
Jan 29 2008
The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics by Jonathan ChaitEconomics books are notoriously difficult reading. It seems like even economists often don’t understand the economy. I thoroughly enjoyed Tim…