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The Art of Reviewing: Jeremy Clarkson
Source: The London Times Every blog needs a large-scale project. The Art of Reviewing will explore reviewing as an art form and as a valuable element to understanding society. During this project, I...
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The Long Night: William L. Shirer and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,...
“There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that; there never is.” – Ari Fleischer, White House Press...
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Republic of Words: the Atlantic Monthly and Its Writers, 1857 – 1925, by...
The history of the Atlantic Monthly is also the history of America. Susan Goodman’s Republic of Words: the Atlantic Monthly and Its Writers, 1857 – 1925, traces the intellectual and editorial history...
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Act of Congress, by Robert G. Kaiser @ NYJB
Robert G. Kaiser, a veteran reporter for the Washington Post, has written a magisterial account of how Congress is broken with Act of Congress.
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CCLaP Fridays: Sick Justice: Inside the American Gulag, by Ivan G. Goldman
This week I review Ivan Goldman’s scathing indictment of the American prison system, Sick Justice: Inside the American Gulag. American muckraking at its finest!
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CCLaP Fridays: A Giant Cow-tipping by Savages, by John Weir Close
I celebrate Black Friday by reviewing A Giant Cow-tipping by Savages, by John Weir Close, in which Close explores the wild world of mergers and acquisitions in the coke-fueled 80s.
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Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising, by Jonathan Littell @ NYJB
From the author of The Kindly Ones, comes a raw street-level look at the situation in Syria.
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CCLaP Fridays: A Kingdom in Crisis, by Andrew MacGregor Marshall
This week I review A Kingdom in Crisis, by Andrew MacGregor Marshall, a fearless expose of Thailand’s corrupt politics and looming succession crisis.
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CCLaP Fridays: The Full Catastrophe: Travels Among the New Greek Ruins, by...
Is Greece the bastion of democracy, philosophy, and the West? Or is it a backward and corrupt regime dominated by inefficient bureaucrats, political extremists, and greedy opportunists? The answer is...
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CCLaP: Milwaukee Mayhem, by Matthew J. Prigge
This week Karl Wolff reviews Milwaukee Mayhem, by Matthew J. Prigge, a collection of lurid tales of the Cream City’s dark side.
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The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
“Javelin catcher, confidant, consigliere, battlefield commander.” These are some common roles undertaken by the White House Chief of Staff. Advertisements (function(){var c=function(){var...
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The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family, by Mike Leonard
Packing his family into two RVs, Mike Leonard, a feature reporter for NBC’s Today Show, went on a cross-country road trip. The trip resulted in a four-part series on the Today Show, this book, and a...
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