The Forgotten Failures of the Great Society
A review of Great Society: A New History, by Amity Shlaes.
Two Guys from Queens
Fred Siegel reviews Tailspin: The People and Forces behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It, by Steven Brill.
Crumbs of the Upper Crust
Three informative new books that all deal with the politics of our ruling class.
Dysfunctional Government
This book speaks directly to the malaise that has accompanied Barack Obama’s second term in office. “The West,” write John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, “has lost confidence in the way ...
A Bridge to Nowhere
A review of The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick.
Herbert Croly’s American Bismarcks
Herbert Croly believed businessmen were blocking the path to the bright future he envisioned for the specialists of the rising professional classes.
A Wolfe Tome
Alan Wolfe of Boston College is a prolific and generally well-regarded author. In the last five years he’s published four books on contemporary politics and public policy: The Transformation of ...
‘Mr. Big’ in the Big City
For the past year, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has been on a perpetual campaign for higher office. He’s toured the country and run an ad campaign touting his ...