Jackie Gingrich Cushman, daughter of former Speaker Of The House New Gingrich, puts together an anthology of 25 historical documents and speeches. More than a reprinting of such greats as the Declaration of Independence and the Articles Of Confederation, Ms. Cushman introduces each by adding the historical context that surrounds each entry. Avid students of… Continue reading this entry

I recently received my review copy of The Politically Incorrect Guide to The Great Depression and the New Deal, by Robert Murphy, courtesy of Regnery Publishing. I’ve skimmed portions of it and so far it covers a lot of what I already know about the New Deal, but something that I know isn’t quite taught… Continue reading this entry

I was doing some random reading on Wikipedia and the subject of survivalism when I came across an entry for Jerry Pournelle’s Footfall. The Cliff’s Notes version of course would leave out nuances that would otherwise be detected in a reading of the book, but it raised an interesting question for me. The Fithp were… Continue reading this entry

David Foster Wallace is dead.* * – Whose very existence I first learned of through an Onion spoof. Having done so, I sampled some of his work that I could find online and was astounded by his creative use of verbose footnotes, not so much to elucidate a point, whose very elucidation would have diverted… Continue reading this entry

We interrupt the lack of posts and politics to bring you a short and sweet review for a book I received from Regnery Publishing. The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate by David Freddoso of NRO is a print distillation of the many criticisms and issues… Continue reading this entry

The mark of truly great fiction of any genre is the way a reader can take more than what the author intended to give: it becomes a measure of a reader’s gestalt more than that of the author’s. The tragedy is that science fiction, in many ways, has become the second-class citizen of the literary… Continue reading this entry

I’ve spent the past week reading Ender’s Game. Looking back, I’ve thought to myself, “whoa, I’ve only read this book now?” But at the same time, taking the rest of my life and experiences in context, I understand that now was the right time to have read the book. And having done, that, I read,… Continue reading this entry

I am quite familiar with Michael Barone’s lapidary style in political writing, which raises him above the rest of the polemicists out there. I have received gratis from Regnery Publishing a review copy of a previously published book of his, originally published in 2001 before the September 11 attacks: The New Americans: How The Melting… Continue reading this entry

Just the issues, please. With the midterm elections coming this year, Mark W. Smith released through Regnery Publishing The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy: The Arguments You Need to Defeat the Loony Left this Election Year. The book starts with a quick overview of what it takes to be a member of this… Continue reading this entry

The ultimate diversity stock photo, seen so many times I’ve grown weary of it. I have seen this stock photo used in so many different ads that require a portrayal of a “diverse” group that I’ve grown weary of it. I suspect that many who work in cut-and-paste print production have this stored in a… Continue reading this entry

Two books from Regenery Publishing: Take Command and The Professors I got two new books from Regnery Publishing; well and good, since I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix this morning and I was looking for new stuff to read. One is Take Command by Kelly Perdew, and the other is The… Continue reading this entry

Were I to write the seventh book of the Harry Potter series there are two scenarios that I’d put up. In the first, I would start the book in the middle of things: no horcruxes left, with Hermione and Ron deader than doorstops after having helped Harry deal with things. Just a final showdown with… Continue reading this entry

I hope that answers The Other Jay’s question about Slick Willy’s book. I apologize for the gratuitous Clinton-bashing that is not a character of this blog.