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Writing for the Huffington Post, Follies of Power author David Calleo offers an assessment of Obama’s foreign policy. “…although Obama’s springtime has been brilliant, the summer that follows may well be disappointing and the autumn and winter bleak. His early success conceals the weakness of the hand he has been given to play.” Read >>
Read MoreBy Carol Gilligan and David A. J. Richards: The remarkable manhood of Barack Obama suggests he is as forward-looking on issues of gender as on issues of race, transcending old categories and inviting new understanding and debate.
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Every week, we’ll get a look at book selling and culture through the eyes of our field reps. This week, with our “inaugural” piece, Bob Barnett of Louisville on his Obama Inauguration “Ticket Gate” experience. Looking at the Inauguration Bob Barnett GeoEye-1 (aka the Google satellite) is the world’s highest resolution imagery satellite, and it […]
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From the Charlotte Observer, January 20 Will Barack Obama govern as a Moderate, a Centrist, or a left of center Democrat? Every sane person is a moderate in the sense of disliking extremes and striving for reasonableness in their politics. Historic Moderates, men and women whose lives have been changed by the political philosophies of […]
Read MoreIn a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel interview, author David Friedman discussed Obama’s tech-savvy. ‘Still, an Internet-friendly president could also mean one who is more exposed to different points of view by taking in information and opinions that aren’t filtered by his inner circle of advisers or the mainstream media, according to David D. Friedman, author of “Future […]
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Let’s Make a (New) Deal For historian Lizabeth Cohen, writing in Sunday’s Boston Herald, it’s natural to compare the circumstances as President Obama takes office to those of FDR. The stock market is spiraling downward, the financial system is in chaos, and every month more and more people are unemployed or find their work hours […]
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When calling to request review copies of books, columnist Nat Hentoff always has kind words for Cambridge; something that’s lovely to hear from a writer of his stature. Among his favorite books of ours are Karen Greenberg and Joshua Dratel’s Torture Papers and Enemy Combatant Papers, our publication of the official memos and legal papers […]
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Obama may think it safer to keep his sanity intact. But unless he presses on some hotly debated topics, we’ll be left with a world at risk. Barack Obama will want to show that a black President can fill the office with dignity.The simplest way to do that is to chart a middle course that […]
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