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BOOK REVIEW: 'The Passage of Power'
By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times
Robert A. Caro has spent much of his life writing about the political monument who was Lyndon Baines Johnson, a man of whom he is sharply criti- cal yet of whom he often stands in reluctant awe. Published May 15, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Civilization’
By James Srodes - Special to The Washington Times
One of the joys of my long life in journalism is spending so much time in the company of smarter people. Even when I disagreed with them, invariably there was something to learn or at least reconsider. Published May 14, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Debt Bomb’
By W. James Antle III - Special to The Washington Times
Most politicians prefer platitudes and happy talk. Think “The fundamentals of the economy are strong,” “Prosperity is around the corner” and President Obama’s ill-fated “recovery summer.” Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, is different. Published May 11, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Presidents Club’
By John R. Coyne Jr. - Special to The Washington Times
In this well-written and highly readable account of presidential interrelations, we’re told by Time magazine veterans Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy that the idea for what they call “The Presidents Club” was born at the end of World War II, when Harry S. Truman tapped Herbert Hoover to lead the effort to stave off starvation in Europe. Published May 11, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Road to Freedom’
By Nicole Russell - Special to The Washington Times
In his revolutionary book “The Road to Serfdom,” German economist F.A. Hayek observed: “No sensible person should have doubted that the crude rules in which the principles of economic policy of the nineteenth century were expressed were only a beginning - that we had yet much to learn and that there were still immense possibilities of advancement on the lines on which we had moved.” Published May 11, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Last Great Senate’
By Claude R. Marx - Special to The Washington Times
Political buffs, especially older ones, tend to wax nostalgic about the so-called “good old days” when tensions were lower and cooperation and comity were higher. Published May 11, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Professionals’
By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times
It started out as a civilized sort of crime. A kidnapping followed by a request for a reasonable amount of ransom and the return of the undamaged victim. That was how it started out. Careful, conscientious and professional, neatly dividing up what was called the “finder’s fee” - a mere $60,000 from a man who could have afforded to pay millions. Published May 11, 2012 Comments
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Did Muhammad Exist?'
By Peter Hannaford - Special to The Washington Times
There are two answers to Robert Spencer's rhetorical question: yes and no. For millions of Muslims who accept the established canon of their religion, it is yes. Many non-Muslims, after reading this book, will conclude that the answer is no.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera'
By Ray Hartwell - Special to The Washington Times
Historian and author Harvey H. Jackson III grew up in "lower Alabama" or, as some say with a smile, "LA." For decades he has been a part-time resident and full-time observer of the Gulf Coast from Mobile Bay eastward to Panama City on the Florida panhandle - a strip of seashore dubbed the "Redneck Riviera" by New York Times Editor Howell Raines in a 1978 article about the offseason antics of NFL quarterbacks Ken Stabler and Richard Todd.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Walter Rathenau'
By Martin Rubin - Special to The Washington Times
If, as historians have increasingly come to believe, the 20th century's two world wars were in fact one conflict, then German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, murdered by anti-Semitic zealots in 1922, was as much one of its casualties as any soldier who died on its battlefields or perished in one of its death camps.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Manhunt'
By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times
A year ago, on May 1, 2011, an elite U.S. SEAL team killed the world's most wanted terrorist. After a decade of near misses and dead ends, Osama bin Laden was finally cornered in a fortresslike compound, in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan, close to that country's elite military academy, and fatally shot. The following day, his body was buried at sea by the U.S. Navy in an Islamic ceremony.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Calico Joe'
By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times
One of the great taboos in baseball - at any level, from the sandlot to the major leagues - is the beanball. The game accepts the occasional brush-back pitch to keep a batter from jamming the plate, or to chastise him for showboating. A plink on the ribs or rear end is acceptable. But the accepted rule is firm: Do not throw at the head.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Escape Artist'
By James Srodes - Special to The Washington Times
It is inevitable that a man may campaign for the U.S. presidency on one set of issues only to face entirely different challenges once he is in office. In 1979, I spent some time traveling with Ronald Reagan throughout Northern California as he tested three major themes with great success for his campaign a year later.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Sacre Bleu'
By Jeremy Lott - Special to The Washington Times
Christopher Moore is a very talented supernatural comic novelist, but he's maddeningly hit-or-miss. The obvious hits include his first novel, "Practical Demonkeeping"; his life-of-Christ comedy, "Lamb"; the vampiric "Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story"; "Coyote Blue"; "Island of the Sequined Love Nun"; and "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove."
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