Jonathan Rauch reviews it in today’s NYT. I’m sure Ramesh will have his disagreements (and I have a couple myself), but I think it’s a fair and sensible review (certainly compared to many others). Indeed, it should pose something of a dilemma for, say, Andrew Sullivan who has been at his shabbiest dealing with Ramesh, denouncing POD in absolutist terms (even while admitting he hasn’t read it and promoting his own book on the virtues of anti-absolutism). Rauch is rightly considered by most in Washington — starting with Andrew — as one of the sharpest minds and most decent souls around. It should be interesting to see whether Andrew denounces Jonathan for his lapdogging to theocracy, comes to his senses and decides to read the book, or ignores the issue entirely. The odds for these outcomes are not evenly distributed.