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Learning to Love Pat Buchanannew
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. To a point.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Before the Bombsnew
A war correspondent correctly predicts the fallout to our "success" in Iraq.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Don't Smile for the Cameranew
War and politics have taken a grim toll in John Kerry's Camelot. Are we really ready for the Brooder in Chief?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Easy Writernew
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd makes it so easy to dis Dubya.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-13-2004 |
Nonfiction
Pressing Issuesnew
"That guy who cut his arm off" in a Utah slot canyon opens up.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
10-11-2004 |
Nonfiction
Exhuming Brautigannew
Montana poet Greg Keeler remembers riding shotgun with the cult author Richard Brautigan.
Missoula Independent |
Scott Preston |
10-11-2004 |
Nonfiction
White Noisenew
The only thing as ill-conceived as the 22-year-old author's arguments is his logic. Trouble is, somewhere along the line Ben Ferguson bought into his own hype, and started believing he was qualified to crown himself the voice of young America.
Jackson Free Press |
Robert Williamson |
10-02-2004 |
Nonfiction
With Liberalism and Justice for Allnew
George W. Bush has liberals so hopping mad that all the heaviest hitters among them seem to be publishing books this year, among them Hendrik Hertzberg, E.J. Dionne Jr., Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd and Eric Alterman. Which ones to read?
Boston Phoenix |
Dave Denison |
09-24-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Kings of Comedynew
The felicitous Library of America collection Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies is a tribute not only to George S. Kaufman, but to the four most gifted in a long line of co-writers.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
09-24-2004 |
Nonfiction
Bush Leaguenew
Attack biographer Kitty Kelley backfires on the Bushes.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Less Is Moorenew
Tucson lawyer David Hardy tries to lambaste Michael Moore--and fails.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Two Views of 9/11new
Whose conspiracy theory to believe: the official one, or those of possible crackpots?
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Sweet Home Paradoxnew
What we have in Mark Kemp’s new book is much more than what it appears to be on the surface—it’s a cathartic treatise on the author’s life in and with the music of his formative and adult years and the musicians who brought it to him.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Media Plunges Into Orgy of Hypocrisy Over Kelley's Latest Tell-Allnew
The more Kitty Kelley talked to the media about her new book, the more she resembled a successful society madam explaining the facts of life to a puritanical young D.A. who wants to save society by closing the local whorehouse.
The Village Voice |
John Powers |
09-21-2004 |
Nonfiction
Don't Think of an Elephant — A Donkey Kicks Back
Conservatives have spent the last 40 years developing and promoting their own set of issue frames, frames that have become so powerful through endless repetition that they make it extremely difficult to effectively disagree, author Lakoff argues. Liberals end up saying, “Don’t think of an elephant!” because they haven’t devoted similar resources to developing their own set of frames.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
09-10-2004 |
Nonfiction
