Here we go again: another book highlighting the inner workings of the White House and the war in Iraq. Just in the past couple of months we have seen books by Richard Clarke and John Dean. Now the ultimate insider has a new book about […]
I realize that I have been neglectling my Web site, but work has been crazy busy (co-workers reading this will know what I am talking about). Here is an interesting biblio tidbit: Was Nabokov a plagiarist? I guess the term is “cryptomnesia,” meaning he stole […]
So, last night I finished “Tour of Duty” by Douglas Brinkley, a history of John Kerry’s involvement in Vietnam, as well as his many activities protesting the war when he returned home. It is very difficult to read the book today and not draw any […]
If you love books, you will love this site. It is called Project Gutenberg, aptly named after the first press with moveable type. At the site (http://www.gutenberg.net/), volunteers have worked to place more than 10,000 books free on the Internet, books that are in the […]
As a magazine editor myself, I enjoyed this story. For the June issue of Reason, a monthly libertarian magazine with nearly 40,000 subscribers, each cover will be custom printed. It will feature a satellite photograph of the subscriber’s neighborhood, complete with a red circle around […]
Here’s a new book that is bound to be controversial. John Dean, the famous whistleblower who testified 30 years ago in the Nixon Watergate scandal, has written a new book about the Bush White House’s use of secrecy. His book is titled “Worse Than Watergate” […]
What is the difference between a liberal and a conservative? The answers for many are obvious. But for an interesting look into how the two groups think, peak at this article in The Chronicle (http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i30/30b01601.htm). Political philosopher Carl Schmitt is an important thinker in today’s […]
For an insightful view of the state of American literary culture today, read Sven Bikerts essay in the latest issue of Book Forum (http://www.bookforum.com/birkerts.html) It is sure to stir debate. “By the mid-’90s, it was obvious to many people that the rules of the literary […]