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  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Forever Rumpole'

    By Martin Rubin - Speical to The Washington Times

    The title of this delightful collection of Sir John Mortimer’s classic Rumpole stories itself testifies to the enduring qualities of these stories, told in the voice of the Old Bailey Hack barrister. That distinctive voice - crusty, orotund, pointed - is key to what makes these tales such a pleasure to read. Published November 25, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: ‘Jerusalem’

    By Mark A. Kellner - Special to The Washington Times

    For much of the past 2,000 years, as Jewish families have gathered around the table for the annual Passover Seder, a now-familiar saying has concluded the liturgy: “L’shana habaah b’yerushalayim,” participants say in Hebrew: “Next year in Jerusalem!” Published November 25, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: ‘Yossarian Slept Here’

    By Marion Elizabeth Rodgers - Special to The Washington Times

    This year has been a season of memoirs written by the daughters of the famous: Alexandra Styron’s “Reading My Father,” about William Styron, and Katharine Weber’s “The Memory of All That,” about her grandmother Kay Swift and George Gershwin. Joining them is Erica Heller, novelist and creative consultant, piecing together the puzzle of her father, Joseph Heller, who used his experience of flying missions over France during World War II as the inspiration for his most famous (and lasting) 1961 novel. Published November 25, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Affair: A Reacher Novel’

    By John Weisman - Special to The Washington Times

    Writing series novels is tough. I did nine “Rogue Warrior” books, and that was enough. Making them fresh every time out of the gate; keeping your franchise character from getting stale; inventing the twists and turns that define the books; researching the tactics, techno-goodies and multiple locations that most action-adventure novels demand; and doing it all in the space of about 12 months per book -boy, that is tough work. Published November 23, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: ‘Throw Them All Out’

    By W. James Antle III - Special to The Washington Times

    Three years ago, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, made Hillary Rodham Clinton’s success with cattle futures look like a child’s lemonade stand. The credit card giant Visa was holding an initial public offering, among the most lucrative ever seen. The Pelosis were granted early access to the IPO as “special customers” who received their shares at the opening price, $44. The lucky investors turned in a 50 percent profit in just two days. Published November 22, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: ‘Red Army’

    By Wes Vernon - Special to The Washington Times

    America is under attack. Not by a uniformed army with rifles and tanks. But the inva- sion is here and advancing. The soldiers of the attacking “Red Army” are part of a “radical network” that “excels at lying in wait and perfecting its assault so that when the right vehicle arrives, whether it’s President Obama or someone else, it is ready to strike.” Published November 21, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: ‘December 1941’

    By Peter Hannaford - Special to The Washington Times

    When 1941 dawned, about half the nation wanted to stand aside from “Europe’s wars,” and about half thought “preparedness” was imperative to help the embattled British and rearm ourselves. Few actually thought we would be dragged into a war. Published November 18, 2011 Comments

Recent Articles

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Cat Stories'

    By Claire Hopley - Special to The Washington Times

    The thing about cats is that it's not clear that we domesticated them. Humans colonized dogs and horses for hunting, guarding and transportation. They rounded up sheep and cows for wool and milk and meat. But cats can't be rounded up and are not trained to give useful services. Published November 18, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Ostkrieg'

    By Joseph C. Goulden

    Accounts of World War II - including some published under auspices of the U.S. Army - have tended to portray officers of the Wehrmacht (the German army) as "professionally competent, technically proficient, and above all, clean." Published November 16, 2011 Comments

  • DECKER & TRIPLETT: China's ruling elite

    By and William C. Triplett II - The Washington Times

    One of the most widely believed myths about China today is that market reforms, a growing economy and a purportedly more progressive government are leading to a new age of opportunity. PRC propagandists point out that the country's middle class has grown from nothing a few decades ago to 100 million or so in 2010. Published November 16, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Luck and Circumstance'

    By Martin Rubin - Special to The Washington Times

    It is refreshing to encounter this memoir by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. His life was haunted by a specter, and yet he is able - on paper, anyway - to bear it lightly with consummate grace. The specter in question was none other than the overwhelming figure of Orson Welles, who may or may not have been his father. Published November 15, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Devil Himself: A Novel'

    By John Weisman - Special to The Washington Times

    Cloaking fact inside fiction can produce a fascinating product, and that is precisely what Washington, D.C., writer Eric Dezenhall has done in "The Devil Himself." Mr. Dezenhall builds his tale on one of World War II's forgotten stories: how Meyer Lansky, godfather of New York's Kosher Nostra, cobbled together a network of thieves, murderers, union strong-arm hoodlums and other assorted felons to help the U.S. Navy find a German spy ring that was betraying information to the Nazi wolf packs operating just off American shores and sinking large numbers of ships during the first few years of World War II. Published November 14, 2011 Comments

  • BLANKLEY: Chapter and verse on China's moral predations

    By Tony Blankley - The Washington Times

    A just-released book, "Bowing to Beijing" by Brett M. Decker and William C. Triplett II, will change forever the way you think about China - even if, like me, you already have the deepest worries about the Chinese threat. As I opened the book, I was expecting to find many useful examples of Chinese military and industrial efforts to get the better of the United States and the West. Published November 14, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'KBL: Kill Bin Laden'

    By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

    John Weisman has written the first full account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. However, he did it as a novel, and it won't take readers long to figure out why he chose that approach. A former journalist, Mr. Weisman uses fiction to protect the identities of the SEALs and their families; he also takes ill-concealed revenge on members of the administration, particularly certain White House staffers and National Security Council operatives, who did their best to scuttle the mission. Published November 11, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Woodcutter'

    By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times

    The woodcutter is a man of humble origins who achieves remarkable success in business and suddenly finds himself in jail on horrifying charges of pedophilia and corruption, deserted by his wife and friends, facing lifetime imprisonment. Published November 11, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Columbus: The Four Voyages'

    By Philip Kopper - Special to The Washington Times

    To recall Samuel Eliot Morison's generation-old writings about Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration is to summon up memories of arid and aristocratic history written with his signature hauteur. Laurence Bergreen's new book, refreshingly, is fluid in its style and comprehensive in its research. Published November 11, 2011 Comments

  • KUHNER: Obama's betrayal to China

    By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

    President Obama is creating a post-American world - one that is ushering in the dominance of China. Mr. Obama is fostering U.S. economic and military decline while simultaneously empowering Beijing's rise to superpower status. China's communists are on the march. Unless Americans wake up to the growing threat, both internal and external, our victory in the Cold War will have been useless. Published November 11, 2011 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'What Would Ben Stein Do?'

    By John R. Coyne Jr. - Special to The Washington Times

    In 1973-74, Ben Stein was a bone-thin, intense, extremely hardworking young man, still in his 20s, graduate of Yale Law School, just hired onto the small, hand-picked White House writing staff, determined to do his very best for President Nixon (full disclosure: we were colleagues there). And he did, producing, among other things, the primary draft of the first and only national energy plan, as well as the first and last coherent draft of an affordable health care plan. Had it been adopted, there'd have been no Obamacare. Published November 11, 2011 Comments

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