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Clintonomics
Saturday, 5 September 2009 7:41 P GMT-08
ClintonomicsHow Bill Clinton Reengineered the Reagan Revolutionby Jack Godwin, Ph.D. First, I have to say that this book wasn't anything like what I expected. I was hoping for an analysis if how the Clinton administration took a $290 bi
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Investing In A Sustainable World
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 8:52 P GMT-08
Investing In A Sustainable WorldWhy Green Is The New Color Of Money On Wall Street by Matthew J. Kiernan, Ph.D. This book was a tough read for me. I'm not really a money guy, so a lot of what Kiernan was talking about went over my head.
The Mental Floss History Of The World
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 7:41 P GMT-08
The Mental FlossHistory of the WorldAn Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits By Erik Sass and Steve WeigandWith Will Pearson and Mangesh HattikudurI'm kind of a history buff, so this book was right up my alley. I loved it! Sas
The Mighty And The Almighty
Thursday, 29 January 2009 9:54 P GMT-08
The Mighty and the AlmightyReflections on America, God, and World AffairsBy Madeleine Albright Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again, Madeleine Albright is one smart cookie. In this book she takes on both church and
Right Is Wrong
Tuesday, 2 December 2008 9:41 P GMT-08
Right Is WrongHow The Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America,Shredded The Constitution, And Made Us All Less Safe(And What You Need To Know To End The Madness)By Arianna HuffingtonWell, I'm really tired of these 'I hate the right' books. I&
The War Within
Thursday, 6 November 2008 8:03 P GMT-08
The War WithinA Secret White House History 2006 - 2008by Bob Woodward Well, what can I say. It's another Bob Woodward book. It's not going to change your mind about Bush. If you hate him, you'll still hate him; if you like him,
A Voyage Long And Strange
Tuesday, 30 September 2008 5:32 P GMT-08
A Voyage Long And StrangeRediscovering the New WorldBy Tony Horwitz If you've ever wondered what happened between Columbus' discovery of the New World and the landing of the Msayflower -- you're not alone. Author Tony Horwitz,
The Way Of The World
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 6:44 P GMT-08
The Way of the WorldA Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of ExtremismBy Ron Suskind Wow! What a great book! Ron Suskind weaves different stories together into a cohesive whole with all the skill of a Tom Clancy.There's the story of Usma
Won't Get Fooled Again
Thursday, 11 September 2008 5:41 P GMT-08
Won't Get Fooled AgainA Voter's Guide to Seeing Through the Lies, Getting Past the Propaganda, and Choosing Better LeadersBy Joseph H. Boyett Wow! This is a must have book. Especially the way John McCain's campaign has been dist
The Post-American World
Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:09 P GMT-08
The Post American World by Fareed Zakaria Generally, I think Fareed Zakaria is a pretty smart cookie. But this book falls kind of flat. Basically, it's a "Don't worry, be happy" look at Americas future, but that hardly hel
Parallel Worlds
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 10:10 P GMT-08
Parallel WorldsThe Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos by Michio Kaku This was an absolutely mind-bending book. Michio Kaku does an excellent job explaining the current state of physics in language that even I coul
America Our Next Chapter
Tuesday, 15 July 2008 8:28 P GMT-08
America Our Next ChapterTough Questions, Straight Answersby Chuck Hagel with Peter Kaminsky I actually enjoyed this book. It's nice to know that not all Republicans are ultra-right wing, idiological idiots. And Hagel makes it clea
The Strange Death Of Republican America
Friday, 27 June 2008 4:44 P GMT-08
The Strange Death of Republican AmericaChronicles of a Collapsing PartyBy Sidney BlumenthalThis book was another disappointment for me. Like Bill Press' Train Wreck, this book was more of an 'I hate Bush' book rather than a chronicle
Train Wreck
Thursday, 8 May 2008 4:56 P GMT-08
Train WreckThe End of the Conservative Revolution(and Not a Moment Too Soon)By Bill PressWell, this book was kind of a disappointment. Press tries to argue that the Bush administration (the "train wreck" alluded to by the title) is the
The Choice
Thursday, 24 April 2008 4:58 P GMT-08
The ChoiceGlobal Domination or Global Leadershipby Zbigniew Brzezinski This was a hard book to follow. Mr. Brzezinski's prose is a little too high falutin' for me but I can distill the whole book in this one excerpt,"What is th
Memo To The President Elect
Thursday, 17 April 2008 8:34 P GMT-08
Memo To The President ElectHow We Can Restore America's Reputation And LeadershipBy Madeleine Albright Madeleine Albright is one smart cookie. This book really held my attention all the way through. She concentrates almost exclusively o
Imperial Grunts
Tuesday, 8 April 2008 8:40 P GMT-08
Imperial GruntsThe American Military on the Groundby Robert D. Kaplan This is a very interesting book. Kaplan's main thesis is that the United States is a hegemonic empire and he cites America's military presence around the world as proo
Saving General Washington
Friday, 4 April 2008 8:41 P GMT-08
Saving General WashingtonThe Right-Wing Assault on America's Founding Principlesby J.R. NortonI bought this book a couple years ago but just got around to reading it. I thought it was pretty stale. I think it's an accepted fact now
Fair Game
Thursday, 20 March 2008 8:48 P GMT-08
Fair Game My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White Houseby Valerie Plame Wilson and Laura Rozen At first I was unsure about even reading this book, I figured it was just some woman who was whining about being wronged, but my wife con
The One Percent Doctrine
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 8:50 P GMT-08
The One Percent DoctrineDeep Inside America's Pursuit Of Its Enemies Since 9/11by Ron SuskindThis book's title comes from the Cheney Doctrine which states, "Even if there's just a one percent chance of the unimaginable coming du
Thinking Points
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 9:02 P GMT-08
Thinking PointsCommunicating our American Values and Visionby George Lakoff I was pretty disappointed in this book. Instead of a how-to guide for communicating our American values and vision, it's more about communicating George Lakoff's
Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right
Sunday, 26 August 2007 9:42 A GMT-08
Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerveby Bernard GoldbergMy Auntie picks out gifts based on cool packaging or a clever title. Sometimes it works out good -- she turne
Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq
Tuesday, 7 August 2007 7:32 P GMT-08
Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for Hearts and Minds in IraqR. Alan KingLieutenant Colonel, USARI find I'm drawn to the tales of our Civil Affairs officers in Iraq. These are the guys who are doing all the good over there. Too
Victory In Tripoli
Saturday, 28 July 2007 6:17 P GMT-08
Dude! I can't believe it! I totally got neo-con'd!!!Remember how I was reading Victory in Tripoli and I said it was good? Well, it was -- until I got to the end. According to the author, Joshua London, the lesson learned from the war on
Live From Jordan: Letters Home from My Journey Through the Middle East
Tuesday, 24 July 2007 11:29 P GMT-08
Live From Jordan: Letters Home from an American Abroadby Benjamin OrbachAmericans don't travel enough. I'm always amazed that Americans hold such strong opinions of people elsewhere in the world even though they've nev
