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BOOK REVIEW: 'Crude Awakening'
By Ben Stein - Special to The Washington Times
Alaska scares me. I have only been there once, about five years ago. I was doing a commercial for Alaskan seafood, which I adore. But the producers put me on a tiny raft in the ocean next to a glacier that began to “calve,” or break off, and fall into the sea - already terrifyingly choppy - to make the commercial, and I felt close to death every second. The waves were frigid and enormous, and the raft bobbed and pitched dangerously. The calving glacier made it suicide. Published November 4, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Speechwright’
By Aram Bakshian Jr - Special to The Washington Times
Nobody raises their child to be a speechwriter; it’s still one of the few working skills most practitioners acquire accidentally while training or studying to be something else. Bill Gavin, the author of this brief but engaging volume of amusing political reminiscences and penetrating rhetorical insights made his accidental entry to presidential speechwriting in 1967, when as a young high school English teacher from a working class, Irish Catholic family in New Jersey, he wrote a letter to Richard Nixon, then a private citizen practicing law in Manhattan. Published November 4, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Romantic Revolution’
By Maxwell Sater - Special to The Washington Times
The word “revolution” is most often used in relation to events of the 18th and 19th centuries. We think of the American and French revolutions - dramatic upheavals that secured freedom and independence - but we also think of the increases in industrialism and consumerism that took place seemingly suddenly across the Western world. Published November 4, 2011 Comments
KUHNER: America’s moral decline
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times
Book Review of Laura Ingraham’s OF THEE I ZING: AMERICA’S CULTURAL DECLINE FROM MUFFIN TOPS TO BODY SHOTS Published November 2, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘De Gaulle’
By John M. Taylor - Special to The Washington Times
The major leaders in World War II have come down to us as either saints or scoundrels. An exception is the man who led France from exile during World War II, Charles de Gaulle, who is now the subject of a succinct biography by World War II historian Michael Haskew. Published November 1, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Road to Serfdom: Special Abridged Edition’
By Wes Vernon - Special to The Washington Times
From the grave, one of the most honored economists of the 20th century warns America - and all of Western civilization - to be wary of the mirage-like temptations offered by so-called “democratic socialism.” While many regimes have fallen for socialism’s false promises, Friedrich A. Hayek lived to see the likes of President Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher specifically credit his ideas for much of their own governances respecting the worth of the individual. Published October 31, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Grant’s Final Victory’
By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times
The “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant,” covering Grant’s years as commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War and his two-term presidency, has been justifiably acclaimed as one of the best books of its genre, on a par with Julius Caesar’s “Commentaries.” The back story of the memoirs - a cancer-stricken man writing to stave off financial ruin for his wife - makes his work even more compelling. It is this story that drives Charles Bracelen Flood’s “Grant’s Final Victory.” Published October 28, 2011 Comments
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Caro's 4th LBJ book scheduled for May
By Hillel Italie - Associated Press
Robert A. Caro's quest to narrate the life of Lyndon B. Johnson, and document how Johnson handled and created political power, has lasted longer than LBJ's time in government. Published November 1, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Royal Faberge'
By Martin Rubin - Special to The Washington Times
We've all heard the well-worn question-lament, "What do you get someone who already has everything?" But when you come to the Russian imperial and British royal families, with their huge, priceless collections of heirloom jewelry, you realize that for them, this indeed must have been a real problem. Published October 28, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Sense of an Ending'
By Corinna Lothar - Special to The Washington Times
Early in Julian Barnes' novel "The Sense of an Ending," a teacher asks, "What is history?" London teenager Tony Webster answers, "History is the lies of the victors." Tony's brilliant friend, Adrian Finn, "a tall, shy boy," answers the same question with "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." Published October 28, 2011 Comments
DECKER: Three cheers for colonialism
By Brett M. Decker - The Washington Times
London-based financier Robert Agostinelli predicted to a mutual dining companion recently that I would only order Sapphire and tonic for pre-supper cocktails. "In his mind, drinking Bombay gin is one little way to help keep the Empire alive," the chairman of the Rhone Group explained, pointing out that a portrait of Queen Victoria adorns every bottle. And he was right. Seemingly minor habits mean a lot for the tweedy set that worships Evelyn Waugh, suffers to keep old Jaguars running and names their offspring after English monarchs. Published October 26, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean'
By Philip Kopper - Special to The Washington Times
It wasn't always "better in the Bahamas." That tropical archipelago was a pirates' paradise whose "various governors ... conspicuously failed to exert their authority," David Cordingly writes. "Colonel Cadwalader Jones, who arrived in 1690, was regarded as such a useless and 'whimsical' man that he was twice imprisoned and once confined on a ship in the harbor under armed guard." Published October 25, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'A First-Rate Madness'
By David C. Acheson - Special to The Washington Times
Dr. Nassir Ghaemi is a professor of psychiatry at Tufts University who serves also on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and holds degrees in history, philosophy and public health. He would seem well-equipped to explore the effects of mental illness on leadership abilities, and that he has done in a thoughtful and readable way. Published October 24, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Westmoreland'
By John M. Taylor - Special to The Washington Times
On April 28, 1967, Gen. William C. Westmoreland was accorded a rare honor, that of addressing a joint session of Congress. As he ticked off indicators of progress in the war in Vietnam, the general seemed the embodiment of the military professional: trim and erect, with prominent eyebrows and a jutting chin that did not encourage contradiction. Published October 21, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Dear Cary'
By Sandra McElwaine - Special to The Washington Times
Dyan Cannon's memoir "Dear Cary," a nostalgic account of her five-year relationship with the legendary Cary Grant is part fairy tale, part nightmare. The first half is like sitting down with a lovely glass of vintage champagne - bubbly, frothy, sparkly, just like one of the debonair actor's delicious comedies. Published October 21, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Next American Revolution'
By W. James Antle III - Special to The Washington Times
Anger at the federal government has manifested itself in many ways. On the right, we have seen Tea Party protests in the streets. The left more recently has answered with the Occupy Wall Street movement. There also have been a growing number of books written by ordinary Americans trying to figure out what is wrong with people in Washington. Published October 21, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Cat's Table'
By Claire Hopley - Special to The Washington Times
It's 1954 and 11-year-old Michael is traveling unaccompanied from Colombo to London on the liner Oransay. It will be on the ocean for 21 days: three whole weeks in which Michael and two new friends, Cassius and Ramadhin, fly under the radar of adult supervision and infiltrate every part of the ship. Published October 21, 2011 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Code Talker'
By Priscilla S. Taylor - Special to The Washington Times
Chester Nez, so christened by missionaries who took him from his family in the Checkerboard Area in New Mexico to attend kindergarten at an English-immersion boarding school, is the last surviving member of the original Navajo code talkers of World War II and the only one to publish a memoir. Published October 19, 2011 Comments
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A year left: Obama running against history
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
With Sunday marking the one-year countdown to Election Day 2012 and his approval rating stuck ...
Accusations not yet costing Cain in early states
By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press
Republicans in Iowa and other early voting states seem to be giving presidential candidate Herman ...
Former ‘60 Minutes’ commentator Andy Rooney dies
By David Bauder - Associated Press
Andy Rooney, the curmudgeonly commentator who spent more than 30 years wryly talking about the ...
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