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Why Obama Is Not A True Liberal

Eric Alterman | Posted 04.18.2012

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Eric Alterman

Is Barack Obama a Liberal? Well, maybe once upon a time, but today, no way. Just take a look at the history (and don't feel bad if you're surprised and disappointed. Your author sure was and he should have known better).

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Shapiro's The Last Great Senate a Must-Read

Lanny Davis | Posted 04.16.2012

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Lanny Davis

For anyone interested in understanding why one of the great institutions of democratic government in the world -- the United States Senate -- has beco...

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The 10 Stupidest Things Said On Fox News

David Brock | Posted 04.24.2012

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David Brock

Fox broadcasted and laundered these lies and others like them until they became gospel for a segment of the population. Once, this role was reserved for talk radio or small-circulation ideological publications. Now the highest-rated cable news network in America broadcasts them.

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7 Things Novels Can Teach Us About Political Campaigns

| Posted 02.17.2012

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By Sara Benincasa for Bookish: Campaign novels always make for dishy reading, but in a presidential election year, they really get us into the spir...

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10 Books To Get Your Dad

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.06.2011

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You've got your mom's reading material covered, but you're still lost on smart gifts for your dad. Steve Jobs's biography may be tempting, but we say ...

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25 Overlooked Political Books Of 2011

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.08.2011

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Anis Shivani

Can Detroit be saved? What are the myths of green energy? What can we learn from the boggled reconstruction of Iraq? Are we going to share a future of biometric surveillance? Just how did white middle-class Americans start identifying themselves as outsiders?

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Which GOP Presidential Hopefuls Released Books This Year? (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Gregory Beyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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It will be months before their faces, voices, gaffes and heroic back-stories overtake the national consciousness. But with an eye toward 2012, several...

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Jindal Refutes Ulterior Motive In Book

Daily World | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview Monday, he said he wrote it because "I'm worried, both as governor and a husband and a father about the direction of our country" and ...

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Oops, Book Titles Gone Wrong

Michael Gerson | Michael Gerson | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the history of badly timed book titles, Los Angeles Times reporters Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten hold a distinguished place. The publication of...

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Woodward's Obama Book On Sale Today

Political Bookworm | Posted 05.25.2011

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The book only lands in stores today but it already feels like it's been around a while. The Washington Post and the New York Times have bashed out new...

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Dust Jacket Sketchbook: A Cartoonist's Take On The Literary World (PHOTOS)

Jeffrey Koterba | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Koterba

2010-09-24-cartoonist.gif As an editorial cartoonist who is also a writer and lover of books, I'm continually on the lookout for opportunities to draw literary-themed cartoons.

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Embargoed Jimmy Carter Book Appears Briefly On Google Books

Political Bookworm | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jimmy Carter's "White House Diary," embargoed by its publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux until its release on Monday, had a brief ride on Google books...

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Jon Stewart Says His New Book Is...

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Jon Stewart is a busy man, a most important man who has no time for such pastimes as reading for pleasure. Unless, of course, the book...

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'The Overton Window': The 10 WORST Moments From Glenn Beck's New Book

Media Matters for America | Ben Dimiero and Simon Maloy | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a quirk of convenience, [the opening] line also describes the best way to deconstruct The Overton Window, a copy of which Media Matters obtained an...

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Political Bestsellers Are Largely Polemical: Have We Entered An Age Of Name-Calling?

The Los Angeles Times | Scott Martelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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The contents of these books are just as confrontational as their titles, and while President Obama might have lamented the "coarsening of our politica...

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Rick Perry, Texas Governor, To Write Book, 'Fed Up,' On Expansion Of Federal Government

Posted 05.25.2011

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May 25, 2010, NEW YORK - Michael Pietsch, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Little, Brown and Company, announced today that Rick Perry, Governor ...

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Why Ghostwriting Isn't The Problem With Political Books

Los Angeles Times | Craig Fehrman | Posted 05.25.2011

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even politicians who write their own books don't write them alone, and we'd be better off looking past ghostwriting to the real problems behind politi...

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Mitt Romney's 'No Apology' Tops Political Books Best Sellers List

The New York Times | Orville Buddo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just a few weeks after former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney began ramping up his profile with a speaking/promotional tour, his book, "No Apology," de...

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Obama, Rove, Palin, Bush And Clinton All Had The Same Lawyer For Their Books: Bob Barnett

The Washington Post | David Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

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To list Barnett as a signifier of Washington connectedness is like calling the sun a symbol of heat. This is good for his clients, who pay him $975 an...

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Scott Brown Memoir: An 'Inspirational Personal Story'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Allen reported Wednesday morning that the recently elected Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is writing a book. According to his Senate communications ...

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Why Books Are Still Central to Our Political Culture

Howard Dean | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Dean

Despite ongoing changes in technology, communications, and culture, books are consistently at the leading edge of new ideas, new social and political movements and new policy directions.

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9 Children's Books With Political Agendas

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a new kids' book out November 23 by conservative author Katharine DeBrecht called "Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country!" which in parti...

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Sarah Palin Memoir: The Power Of Political Books

The Big Money | Marion Maneker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Gross, my colleague at Newsweek and Slate, pinged me the other morning after he had read the reports that Sarah Palin's new book--suddenly announc...

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Palin, Cheney, Rice & Bush: You Might Buy Their Books, But Which Will You Read? (POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney have hotly anticipated new memoirs coming out soon, but even if you buy them, will you actually read them? A new poll from...

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Going Rogue And Other Cheesy Political Book Covers (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The cover of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book Going Rogue was made public today. In honor of the inspirational photograph of the ex-governor, here are ...

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