Tuesday, August 30 2011

Your Brain in the Voting Booth

By Meta Wagner

President Obama may not be everything people’s brains deceived them into thinking he was, but he’s who he said he would be all along.

Wednesday, February 23 2011

The Librarians and Barbarians of Laura Bush’s Memoir

By Michael Antman

Laura Bush largely avoided the public slanderings that Nancy Reagan endured and that, to a lesser extent, Michelle Obama is now enduring, even though George W. Bush himself was perhaps the most excoriated President in recent American history. The reasons have something to do with Laura Bush's literary sensibility.

Wednesday, January 6 2010

The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege ... And How We Can Be Safe Again by Tom Ridge

By Robert Loss

Determinedly apolitical, refreshingly willing to shoulder responsibility, folksy, even charming, Ridge is the good soldier dangerously close to living by blind faith in his superior officers.

Tuesday, December 1 2009

Will Ferrell: You’re Welcome, America. A Final Night with George W. Bush

By Evan Sawdey

You can't help but think that Ferrell would've wanted to go out on a high note with his Bush impression, instead of just giving us what is essentially an easy go-round of his greatest hits.

Wednesday, July 29 2009

Winning the Presidency 2008 by William J. Crotty

By Carolyn W. Fanelli

The details of the recent presidential election will soon fade, and you'll want to have this recap and analysis to reflect on.

Monday, January 19 2009

Crawford

By Cynthia Fuchs

Crawford entertains and informs, exposing the crass stagecraft of the Western White House.

Friday, October 17 2008

W.

By Cynthia Fuchs

The readymade caricature George Bush is as much a reflection of his moment as he is an occasion for Oliver Stone's latest stab at revisionist history.

Monday, October 13 2008

Just in time for the election, ‘W.’ is a prime candidate for Oliver Stone

By John Anderson

Thursday, September 11 2008

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism (FOX Attacks Special Edition)

By Stuart Henderson

This is America these days: you’re either with something, or you’re against it, and never the twain shall meet. Just try democracy under those conditions.

Thursday, August 21 2008

The Dark Side by Jane Mayer

By Chris Barsanti

As Mayer recounts in her history of what followed 9/11, Cheney was ready for this scenario because he'd been "secretly practicing for doomsday."