From Juan Cole’s Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade; Or, the Rise of the New Oligarchs : The new lords and ladies are the Dick and Liz Cheneys and the people for whom they shill. They are the … Continue reading →
When Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City was published in 1984, it took the publishing world by storm and ushered in a new era of edgy young writers. Bright Lights, Big City chronicles the emotional, psychological, and spiritual downward spiral … Continue reading →
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy– they smashed up things and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had … Continue reading →
“Where’s the outrage?” the virtuous and moral Bill Bennett famously asked in his 1999 book, The Death of Outrage. Well, outrage is back, but I don’t think it’s what Mr. Bennett had in mind when he documented the moral failures … Continue reading →
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When Sam Pizzigati’s Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality That Limits Our Lives was first published in 2004, the audience that the book found might well have been considered “The Choir.” There were some rumblings in the distance … Continue reading →
