Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley

→  May 26th, 2009  →  Reviews

I was prepared to be angry, but I decided to read the book first. And, despite the difficult nature of the subject, I am glad I did.

On Schama’s “The American Future.”

→  May 25th, 2009  →  Reviews

Now that David Brooks’s review of Simon Schama’s The American Future is up, I am re-posting here my review of the same book, which ran several months ago in the Winter 2008 issue of The City.

A Bound Man by Shelby Steele

→  May 2nd, 2009  →  Reviews

Bad subtitles aside, this book isn’t really about presidential politics as much as it is race relations in America. As a result, it sheds a great deal more light on race and culture than on the current president. And these insights and ideas are worthy of discussion and debate.