Matt Compton (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... about his ideas for weeks after the book is done, but that’s what Outliers delivers. Nixonland by Rick Perlstein It took months before I appreciated this book fully, but living through the 2008 election helps a person to see the world as Perlstein does. Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell I’ve got a special place in my heart for Sarah Vowell, and this book is her best piece of...
Waldo Jaquith (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... reasons to dislike the man; he provides so many reasons all by himself. You can find a handful in Rick Perlstein’s 2007 review of Terry McAuliffe’s autobiography , which sounds just dreadful. I don’t generally come out strongly against Democrats in primaries, but prefer to be strongly for others. But McAuliffe is just so odious that I just can’t help myself.
Later On (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
... pronounced Gay-gan . The basic background on Tom Geoghegan is here , written by his Chicago friend Rick Perlstein . Having been a friend of Geoghegan’s for most of my life, I couldn’t be more enthusiastic about his deciding to run. To the extent Tom is known publicly, it’s mainly because of his books, like Which Side Are You On? , The Secret Lives of Citizens , and In Ame rica’s Courts...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... Samantha Power, Jacob Hacker, Van Jones, Rebecca Traister, Rinku Sen, Chris Hayes, danah boyd, and Rick Perlstein. May the force(s) of good be with them.
