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BOOK REVIEW: 'The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr'
By James E. Person Jr. - Special to The Washington Times
In the early history of the United States, the names of two “might-have-beens” stand out. Each fought bravely in the American Revolution, though each was hamstrung by vanity, easily hurt feelings and a deep-seated rage against those men they considered ungrateful for services rendered. Published May 22, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW:’Mitt Romney’
By Jeremy Lott - Special to The Washington Times
Of all of the biographies of the de facto GOP nominee that come out this year, we can be pretty certain Ronald Scott’s “Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics,” is the only one that will have as its epigraph a letter from Mormon Apostle Parley Pratt to Queen Victoria. Published May 21, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Chris Christie’
By David DesRosiers - Special to The Washington Times
“Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power” is a refreshing behind-the-curtain tell-all by veteran New Jersey reporters Bob Ingle and Michael Symons that gives the fullest picture yet of this rising Republican star. Published May 18, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘It Worked For Me’
By Priscilla S. Taylor - Special to The Washington Times
Colin Powell is an uncommon man with the common touch. He likes to give speeches because he’s very good at it and he doesn’t mind traveling. Also, he likes meeting people who have paid to hear some of his considerable wisdom and perhaps to shake the hand that has shaken the hand of every important world leader of the past quarter-century. Published May 18, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Bad Religion’
By David Wilezol - Special to The Washington Times
If you put a piece of duct tape over Ross Douthat’s name on the dust jacket, the content of “Bad Religion,” subtitled “How We Became a Nation of Heretics,” would surprise you as a far more cerebral and introspective work than could be expected from the “America-has-turned-its-back-on-God” genre. Published May 18, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘What it Was’
By John Greenya - Special to The Washington Times
Who knows what ideas lurk in the hearts of crime writers? In a conversation with Ed Burns, his writing and producing partner on HBO’s “The Wire” and “Treme,” thriller-master George Pelecanos was pumping Mr. Burns, a cop decades ago, about the relationship between the police and the underworld in the 1970s, one of Mr. Pelecanos’ favorite eras. Published May 18, 2012 Comments
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Fry Chronicles’
By Martin Rubin - Special to The Washington Times
Who else but Stephen Fry could write an autobiography - and a substantial one at that - all organized around the letter C? For this is not just some frivolity tossed off lightly with little thought or engagement. To a remarkable extent, it is a revealing look at a goodly slice of his life, from his school days, through university and into the world of theater, film and television. Published May 18, 2012 Comments
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Feminists decry lack of female directors in competition at Cannes Film Festival
By Jill Lawless - Associated Press
At this year's Cannes Film Festival, there are directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and North America, directors from Asia and the Middle East — but no women.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Civilization'
By James Srodes - Special to The Washington Times
One of the joys of my long life in journalism is spending so much time in the company of smarter people. Even when I disagreed with them, invariably there was something to learn or at least reconsider.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Debt Bomb'
By W. James Antle III - Special to The Washington Times
Most politicians prefer platitudes and happy talk. Think "The fundamentals of the economy are strong," "Prosperity is around the corner" and President Obama's ill-fated "recovery summer." Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, is different.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Professionals'
By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times
It started out as a civilized sort of crime. A kidnapping followed by a request for a reasonable amount of ransom and the return of the undamaged victim. That was how it started out. Careful, conscientious and professional, neatly dividing up what was called the "finder's fee" - a mere $60,000 from a man who could have afforded to pay millions.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Presidents Club'
By John R. Coyne Jr. - Special to The Washington Times
In this well-written and highly readable account of presidential interrelations, we're told by Time magazine veterans Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy that the idea for what they call "The Presidents Club" was born at the end of World War II, when Harry S. Truman tapped Herbert Hoover to lead the effort to stave off starvation in Europe.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Last Great Senate'
By Claude R. Marx - Special to The Washington Times
Political buffs, especially older ones, tend to wax nostalgic about the so-called "good old days" when tensions were lower and cooperation and comity were higher.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Road to Freedom'
By Nicole Russell - Special to The Washington Times
In his revolutionary book "The Road to Serfdom," German economist F.A. Hayek observed: "No sensible person should have doubted that the crude rules in which the principles of economic policy of the nineteenth century were expressed were only a beginning - that we had yet much to learn and that there were still immense possibilities of advancement on the lines on which we had moved."
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