The Straggler: The Tale of the Tapes

■ THE STRAGGLER ■

The Tale of the Tapes glad he did. Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News (Warner Books, 208 pp., $24.95) is perhaps the funniest political book of the year-and I mean laugh-out-loud funny. A number of times, while reading this book, I practically gasped: Doesn’t he know he’s not allowed to write this stuff? What makes Carlson such a valuable conservative voice on CNN is his courageous willingness to resist all forms of political correctness-conservative as well as liberal. When he defends Gary Condit as a victim of the media’s “sexual snobbery,” and a man “deeply wronged-by the press,” it becomes impossible for lefties to dismiss his scathing criticism of (say) Bill Bradley’s speeches as merely the predictable squawking of a partisan hack. This book is strongly recommended for anybody who likes politics-or just likes terrific stories, engagingly told.

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John Derbyshire

Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.

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■ THE STRAGGLER ■

The Tale of the Tapes glad he did. Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News (Warner Books, 208 pp., $24.95) is perhaps the funniest political book of the year-and I mean laugh-out-loud funny. A number of times, while reading this book, I practically gasped: Doesn’t he know he’s not allowed to write this stuff? What makes Carlson such a valuable conservative voice on CNN is his courageous willingness to resist all forms of political correctness-conservative as well as liberal. When he defends Gary Condit as a victim of the media’s “sexual snobbery,” and a man “deeply wronged-by the press,” it becomes impossible for lefties to dismiss his scathing criticism of (say) Bill Bradley’s speeches as merely the predictable squawking of a partisan hack. This book is strongly recommended for anybody who likes politics-or just likes terrific stories, engagingly told.