Tag: Political
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Alexandra Petri: Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why
“ I think of writing as a way of trying to make eye contact with people and say, are you seeing this too?, and in that way it is sanity-affirming,” she says. “It helps me feel less alone and remember that other people agree that this is not the way we would like our world…
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Who Murdered the Supreme Court Candidate: Mental State, a mystery novel by Law Professor M. Todd Henderson
The murder of a good friend and fellow law professor inspired M. Todd Henderson to write Mental State (Down and Out Books 2018; $17.95), his first mystery novel. “He was a professor at Florida State University and had just dropped of his kids and was pulling out of the driveway when he was shot,” says…
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Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism–From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond
“The history of contemporary American conservatism is a story of disappointment and betrayal,” writes E. J. Dionne in his latest book Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism–From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond (Simon & Schuster 2016; $30). In a recent phone interview, Dionne, a senior fellow, Brookings Institution; columnist for The Washington Post,…
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