Category Archives: Politics

James Kloppenberg vs. Jack Cashill

Posted on 27 March 2011 by

[Washington Post] In Sunday’s Washington Post, I’ve got a long review of two books about the books of Barack Obama — James Kloppenberg’s Reading Obama, which reverse-engineers the ideas in Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope, and Jack Cashill’s Deconstructing … Continue reading →

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A Review of Scott Brown’s Against All Odds

Posted on 25 February 2011 by

[Boston Globe] Here’s one way to chart the improbable, accelerated rise of Scott Brown: in his new memoir, Against All Odds, Brown remembers laying in bed, thinking he could win Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat if his campaign managed to raise $1,000,000. Well, … Continue reading →

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They Wouldn’t Dare

Posted on 15 February 2011 by

Next week, I’m reviewing Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown’s new memoir, Against All Odds. But this week I’m researching former Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy’s political megahit, Profiles in Courage, and I just came across a great essay in the December 1961 … Continue reading →

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Everybody Loves Anonymous

Posted on 23 January 2011 by

[Los Angeles Times] In today’s Los Angeles Times, I’ve got an Op Ed on the media furor over O: A Presidential Novel. While the anonymous title doesn’t drop ’til next week, there’s already been tons of speculation about its author. … Continue reading →

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The Selling of The President, reconsidered

Posted on 21 January 2011 by

[Salon] At Salon today, I’ve got a story on Joe McGinniss’s classic of campaign journalism, The Selling of The President. The occasion? Tom Junod’s epic profile of Roger Ailes. Because before Ailes graced the pages of Esquire, he played a … Continue reading →

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