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Bruce Ledewitz Says Secularists Could Use a Little Religion in Their Politicsnew
The Duquesne University law professor is working on a follow-up to American Religious Democracy, tentatively titled Hallowed Secularism: A Guide for the Nonbeliever.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
11-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Praise from a Future Generation' Looks at JFK's Americanew
John Kelin reminds us how one president's murder changed the world.
Boulder Weekly |
Dale Bridges |
11-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Long and 'Short'new
In his first book-length story, Adrian Tomine explores identity, truthfulness, and maturity.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adrian Tomine, Shortcomings
The Satirical Intellectualnew
Alexander Theroux on the paradoxes of love and the importance of plenitude and redemption.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alexander Theroux
Paul Krugman on American Inequalitynew
The Conscience of a Liberal is an indictment of "movement conservatives" -- going back to such seminal figures as William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan -- who've ushered in a second Gilded Age of economic inequality in America.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Matt Taibbi Showa Disgust for Media Establishmentnew
His jabs and swipes at the modern-day booboisie are merciless and incisively written, and a pleasure to read from start to finish -- as visceral as political commentary gets.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Michael Gates Gill's Cup o' Wisdomnew
Starbucks helps a former corporate bigwig wake up to what really matters.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Carolyn Wyman |
11-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Who Really Killed JFK?new
Vincent Bugliosi's 1,612-page book, which he spent 20 years working on, lays out a case in support of the Warren Commission findings that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of the president.
Artvoice |
Cy Alessi and Peter Koch |
11-09-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Love and Blood': Tough Lovenew
Why soccer superfan Jamie Trecker is U.S. Soccer’s harshest critic.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
I've Grown Attached to My Embryosnew
In vitro fertilization gave Beth Kohl a new perspective on reproductive rights and religion.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Thiel |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dr. Oliver Sacks on 'Music Brain'new
He studies the innate ties between music and the mind, and his findings underpin the ways people really could, say, be "born to rock" -- or, at the very least, that they could develop a psychological need to rock at some point in their lives.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
10-31-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Anne Elizabeth Moore Charts an 'Unmarketable' Pathnew
Her latest book is a terrific, jarring and informed account of underground culture's infiltration by the corporate world.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
10-31-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Turn On the Basement Lightsnew
Rock writer and Dylan freak Sid Griffin attempts to crack one of music's great mysteries.
Cleveland Scene |
Justin F. Farrar |
10-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Michael Shellenberger on Environmentalism's Futurenew
A rogue environmentalist takes aim at the movement he says has failed.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
10-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
In Exile: Maung Tharanew
When four Burmese students were sentenced to seven years in prison for carrying one of his books, Thara decided it was time to escape the country before he met a similar fate. Now he lives in Buffalo, where he talked to us about about his exile, his country and the recent protests there.
Artvoice |
Ken Ilgunas |
10-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maung Thara, Smiling and Nodding
