1.0link30172<![CDATA[The New York Times Book Review Cheap Shot]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/the-new-york-times-book-r_b_30172.htmlYou know there's something deeply dishonest about a book review when it ignores the entire premise of the book in question. For a perfect example, see Sunday's New York Times Book Review critique of Sidney Blumenthal's "How Bush Rules."
The book, a collection of Blumenthal's Salon and Guardian essays, is built around two simple ideas; that Bush's presidency has been a radical one and a failed one.
Yet the Times review refuses to address either point, choosing instead to...