Category Archives: Dissertation ephemera

The Drudge Report and Bush’s Decision Points

Posted on 8 November 2010 by

[New York] In this week’s New York magazine, I’ve got a short little essay arguing that presidential memoirs exist not to be read so much as to be discussed. That’s clearly the case with Bush’s new Decision Points, though the full … Continue reading →

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By Committee

Posted on 5 November 2010 by

[New York Times] In this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review — and just in time for the release of George W. Bush’s memoirs — I’ve got an essay on the crazy (but long forgotten) protests surrounding the release of … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Carter’s Second, Polished Draft of History

Posted on 25 September 2010 by

[San Francisco Chronicle] Two days before Jimmy Carter’s inauguration, Art Buchwald used his “Capitol Punishment” column to offer some advice to the incoming administration. ”The first thing to do when you get to Washington,” Buchwald wrote, “is find a literary agent. The second thing … Continue reading →

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Bob Woodward’s New Book

Posted on 24 September 2010 by

On Monday, Bob Woodward’s latest book, Obama’s War, will hit stores in Washington, D.C., and everywhere else. As so often happens with high-profile political releases — in fact, I talked about this in my recent story on the digital leaking … Continue reading →

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e-leaked?

Posted on 15 September 2010 by

[Washington Post] At the Washington Post’s Political Bookworm, I’ve got a blog post explaining how the publisher of Jimmy Carter’s White House Diary accidentally violated its own publicity embargo. I also run down the history of  this sort of thing … Continue reading →

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