Archive for: Book Review

Pawns of History?

Pawns of History?

The question of Jewish liberalism Why Are Jews Liberals?, by Norman Podhoretz, Doubleday, 2009. $27, 295 pp. The story of Norman Podhoretz is as complicated as the political history he examines in Why are Jews Liberals? Once...

Read Full Story »

 
An Obituary Too Soon

An Obituary Too Soon

The uncertain state of modern conservatism The Death of Conservatism, by Sam Tanenhaus, Random House, 2009.  $17, 144 pp. In 1962, legendary ABC News anchor Howard Smith ran an hour-long segment titled “The Political Obituary...

Read Full Story »

 

A Political Education

Thoughts on a career in politics While still in high school, I read a book by Pete Carril, who for 29 years coached a series of exceptionally disciplined...

Read Full Story »