Reviews and Blog Posts: politics

Scheer, a hard-hitting journalist for the Los Angeles Times and other rags, reviews interviews with and columns about Nixon, Carter (the one about his lustful heart), Reagan, Bush I (the one in which he said there could be a nuclear war winner), and Clinton. He's never met Bush II but...

Some witty definitions sent from all parts of the nation to The Nation. Here's a good example: Chickenhawk, n. - A perspicacious bird of prey with an aversion to having its feathers ruffled; when the winds of war blow its way, it prefers to remain roosted and use its talons...

Another funny and insightful book from Hightower. The Bush-bashing genre produces much of the same but Hightower always has a different spin, a different angle. You'll learn a lot.