PinnedPreface to New Edition of How America Works … And Why It Doesn’tA frenzy of polarization and misgovernance has engulfed American politics. Actors and institutions — on both sides of the political divide…Dec 24, 20243Dec 24, 20243
PinnedBook Excerpt: A Quiet LifeHere’s chapter one of A Quiet Life. A rogue tech billionaire becomes president in 2032, violently shuts down the border, and goes after an…Jan 271Jan 271
The War Prayer, by Mark TwainThis is one of America’s most important literary works. Twain highlights how, in a world gone mad, it is the sane people who seem to have…Mar 18Mar 18
Book Review: The NetanyahusJoshua Cohen’s 2021 novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Deservingly so.Mar 13Mar 13
When people look at political questions through a partisan lens they apply their own personal…The main problem with partisan thinking is that it’s inaccurate, wrong, mistaken — irrespective of what tribe it comes from. It leads to…Mar 10Mar 10
Book Review: The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National CatastropheJosh Mitchell focuses here on a key aspect of American public-policy and includes lots of relevant facts and data. In sum: a “national…Mar 51Mar 51
Book Review: Demon CopperheadThis brilliant book by Barbara Kingsolver is a reimagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield,” set in Appalachia during the opioid…Mar 4Mar 4