By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times
In “The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists,” Charles Kurzman, a highly regarded professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, returns again and again to an ideological premise that fact and common sense do not support. Published November 27, 2011 Comments
By Martin Rubin - Special 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By John Greenya - Special to The Washington Times
In this, his 17th novel, George Pelecanos proves once again that his knowledge of Washington, D.C., its streets, its neighborhoods and, especially, a certain stratum of its people is unparalleled. Also as usual, he writes like an angel - an angel with dirty hands, but an angel nonetheless. Published November 18, 2011 Comments
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
The White House said U.S. taxpayers should not bear the burden of helping stabilize Europe’s ...
By Stephen Whyno - The Washington Times
A move had to be made. The Washington Capitals’ losses had reached a point where ...
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
An illegal-immigrant student in Texas who committed suicide the day after Thanksgiving left letters saying ...