Thanks for your review of my review, Stanley! For the most part I agree with the points you make, and never said otherwise. I don’t deny that the biography “add[s] value,” or deny that biography is “one legitimate tool” for making political points. As for “calling out Obama on his deceptions about his radical past,” I think it’s worth doing and you do a fine job of it. Finally, I’m glad to see you agree about the extent to which Obama’s entire party shares his social-democratic proclivities, and I agree that his personal history helps to make the point. I wish the book had emphasized that point as much as your post does.