Showing posts with label Political Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political Science. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Bob Woodward: Obama's Wars

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Lyndon B. Johnson,  South Vietnam, 1966 In December 2009, Michael Lindenberger wrote “Obama's Afghanistan decision evokes LBJ's 1...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Sarah Palin: America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag

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America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag is the second book by Sarah Palin. It was released on November 23, 2010, and has b...
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Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

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Product description : “The revolution will be Twittered!” declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted in Iran in June 2009. Y...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Bill O'Reilly: Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama

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Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama is a political commentary by American political commentator Bill O'Reilly, pu...
Monday, December 27, 2010

David Horowitz, Richard Poe: The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party

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Conspirators of the world unite. Regardless of what side you fall on, conspiracy theories such as those in this book are interesting. Flip t...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Pauline Maier: Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

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In December, 2010, The Washington Post wrote this about the author and book: Pauline Maier, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of American...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

'No Labels' Political Movement Launches from The Takeaway: Early Edition by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

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Today a new political movement is launching in New York City called “No Labels.” It’s ambitious. It’s inclusive. The crème de la crème of an...

Afghanistan on Track? from WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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Despite concerns about the stability of the progress, the Obama Administration’s report assessing the war in Afghanistan says that the U.S. ...
Monday, December 20, 2010

"Jindal Speaks About New Book" from KTBS

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KTBS in Louisiana reports the following: In his book, " Leadership and Crisis ," Governor Bobby Jindal [ Republican ] doesn'...

Pairing Ron Paul with Paul Krugman - Economics and Politics

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Texas congressman Ron Paul has long been a fierce critic of the Federal Reserve . In fact, last year he published a book called End the Fed...
Monday, December 13, 2010

"Washington: A life by Ron Chernow: review: Ron Chernow's fine biography of George Washington reveals a man who was inspirational despite lacking charisma" from The Telegraphy by Brendan Simms

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The remarkable thing, as Ron Chernow shows in his Washington: A Life , is that he was all these things, at different times, and sometimes e...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Legal Implications of Bush v. Gore, 10 Years Later from The Takeaway: Early Edition by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

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It was ten years ago this week that the Supreme Court handed down their decision in Bush v. Gore. That decision effectively stopped the Flor...
Friday, December 3, 2010

The Daily Show - December 2, 2010 - Stacy Schiff

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Stacy Schiff Episode #15153 Stacy Schiff describes Cleopatra's angular face and her suicide after the death of Mark Antony. (06:54) Tags...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Stacy Schiff on Cleopatra from Lopate - Underreported by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff discusses one of the most intriguing women in world history: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egy...
Saturday, November 6, 2010

NYT: Book Review for 11/05/2010 from NYT Book Review

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This week, Stacy Schiff discusses her new biography, "Cleopatra: A Life"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Julie Just looks ...