Book Review: “It’s Not About The Truth”
Former Sports Illustrated associate editor Don Yaeger's book about the Duke lacrosse case, written with former head coach Mike Pressler, is a very good overview of the circumstances surrounding the fateful events of March 13-14, 2006, when members of Duke's lacrosse team created a "perfect storm": hiring two adult entertainers for a party that went dreadfully wrong. It's Not About The ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 17, 2007 18:38
Age of Abundance
George Will reviews Cato vice president Brink Lindsey's new book The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture. It's a useful reminder of the staggering level of improvement in our lives as compared to those of our great grandparents. Until very recently, he notes, when people prayed for their daily bread, they often were praying for just that. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 12, 2007 09:14
Brave New War – Review and Interview
My review of John Robb's important new book, Brave New War, is up at The Examiner. John Robb has spent his career studying terrorism, computer systems and risk management. He has brought these experiences to bear in this vital study of global terrorism. The view is bleak. The terrorists are not only winning, they are unstoppable. We’re wasting trillions on defense and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 23, 2007 07:15
No One Makes You Read Bad Books
Alex Tabarrok has en extensive review of Tom Slee's No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart, which he dubs "the best of the anti-market books: it is well written, serious, and knowledgeable about economics." The next several paragraphs demonstrate why "best of the anti-market books" is faint praise, indeed, and makes the description "well written, serious, and knowledgeable about ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 18, 2007 09:57
Mexico May Go to U.N. over U.S. Border Fence
Mexico is considering asking the U.N. to stop the U.S. from building a fence along its southern border. Mexico's foreign secretary said Monday the country may take a dispute over U.S. plans to build a fence on the Mexican border to the United Nations. Luis Ernesto Derbez told reporters in Paris, his first stop on a European tour, that a legal ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 10, 2006 08:54
Book Review: South Park Conservatives
Brian C. Anderson, South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias (Washington, Regnery) 2005, xv, 191, Notes, Index, $24.95 hardcover. I accepted Regnery Publishing's offer to review City Journal editor Brian Anderson's brand new book South Park Conservatives with great anticipation. The titular concept, popularized (as "South Park Republicans") by Andrew Sullivan and Stephen Stanton, is a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 15, 2005 19:04
