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November 12, 2023

The Handover by David Runciman

November 12, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
The Handover by David Runciman

A professor muses on the promise and peril of outsourcing autonomy to AI.

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November 12, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
The Handover, David Runciman, nonfiction, AI, Steve Donoghue, 2023
November 06, 2023

Party of One by Chun Han Wong

November 06, 2023/ Mark Jacobs
Party of One by Chun Han Wong

A new study of Xi’s China.

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November 06, 2023/ Mark Jacobs/
History, Politics & Economics
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Status, Xi Jinping, China, Chun Han Wong, poltiics, history, Chinese history, Mark Jacobs, 2023
October 27, 2023

In the Shadow of Fear by Nick Bunker

October 27, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
In the Shadow of Fear by Nick Bunker

A history of one fraught year in American life.

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October 27, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics, History
American History, Nick Bunker, Steve Donoghue, 2023
August 24, 2023

President Garfield by C W Goodyear

August 24, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
President Garfield by C W Goodyear

A knowing, lively new biography of President Garfield

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August 24, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
Biography/Memoir, Politics & Economics
CW Goodyear, President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier, President Garfield, biography, US presidential biography, Steve Donoghue, 2023
August 19, 2023

Regime Change by Patrick Deneen

August 19, 2023/ David Murphy
Regime Change by Patrick Deneen

A new book calls for the overhauling of society in favor of a new pattern … or a very old one …

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August 19, 2023/ David Murphy/
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, Patrick Deneen, economics, philosophy, David Murphy, politics, 2023
August 05, 2023

The Individualists by Matt Zwolinski & John Tomasi

August 05, 2023/ David Murphy
The Individualists by Matt Zwolinski & John Tomasi

A, organized and engaging history of libertarianism.

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August 05, 2023/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
libertariansim, politics, radicalism, Matt Zwolinski, John Tomasi, David Murphy, 2023
July 27, 2023

The Undertow by Jeff Sharlet

July 27, 2023/ Lukas Killgore
The Undertow by Jeff Sharlet

A reporter’s dispatches from the front line of the culture wars.

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July 27, 2023/ Lukas Killgore/
Politics & Economics, Society & Culture, Religion
The Undertow, slow civil war, Jeff Sharlet, Trump, American culture, Lukas Killgore, 2023
May 27, 2023

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf

May 27, 2023/ David Murphy
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf

An experienced economic commentator takes America’s financial temperature.

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May 27, 2023/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, David Murphy, economics, 2023
October 23, 2022

Grace by Cody Keegan

October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Grace by Cody Keegan

A new memoir by President Obama’s chief White House speechwriter.

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October 23, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics, Biography/Memoir
Grace, Cody Keegan, White House memoir, President Obama, Barack Obama, Steve Donoghue, politics
October 21, 2022

Pandemic Politics by Gadarian, Goodman, and Pepinsky

October 21, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Pandemic Politics by Gadarian, Goodman, and Pepinsky

A highly detailed new history of the deadly combination of COVID-19 and politics.

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October 21, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Health & Psychology, Politics & Economics
Pandemic Politics, COVID-19, Shana Kushner Gadarian, Sara Wallace Goodman, Thomas Pepinsky, Donald Trump, US history, US Politics, Steve Donoghue
October 20, 2022

Divided We Fall by Alice Rivlin

October 20, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Divided We Fall by Alice Rivlin

A posthumous call for bi-partisanism from a long-time economic policymaker.

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October 20, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
Divided We Fall: Why Consensus Matters, American history, American economics, economics, Sheri Rivlin, Allan Rivlin, Steve Donoghue
September 30, 2022

Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong

September 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong

A sprawling economic history in which we’ve met the enemy, and they ain’t us.

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September 30, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Politics & Economics
Slouching Towards Utopia, J. Bradford DeLong, history, American history, economics, economic history, Steve Donoghue
June 17, 2022

Leadership by Henry Kissinger

June 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Leadership by Henry Kissinger

Richard Nixon’s Secretary of State writes a new book about leadership.

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June 17, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
Leadership, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher, world history, politics, Steve Donoghue
June 14, 2022

Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony

June 14, 2022/ David Murphy
Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony

A new book on the nature of what conservatism is - and should be.

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June 14, 2022/ David Murphy/
Politics & Economics
Conservatism: A Rediscovery, conservatism, Yoram Hazony, politics, American politics, David Murphy
May 13, 2022

The Man Who Understood Democracy by Olivier Zunz

May 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Man Who Understood Democracy by Olivier Zunz

A new biography of the author of “Democracy in America”.

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May 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Politics & Economics
The Man Who Understood Democracy, Alexis De Tocqueville, American history, French History, Biography, Steve Donoghue
April 26, 2022

American Stutter: 2019-2021

April 26, 2022/ Chris Vaughan
American Stutter: 2019-2021

A series of urgent meditations on the era of Trump and COVID-19.

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April 26, 2022/ Chris Vaughan/
Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
American Stutter, Steve Erickson, American history, American culture, Chris Vaughan
April 13, 2022

The Presidency of Donald Trump, edited by Julian Zelizer

April 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
The Presidency of Donald Trump, edited by Julian Zelizer

A new anthology of historical essays attempts a deep-perspective look at Donald Trump’s first term.

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April 13, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
The Presidency of Donald Trump: A First Historical Assessment, Julian Zelizer, Donald Trump, American politics, Steve Donoghue
October 29, 2021

Thirteen Cracks by Allan Lichtman

October 29, 2021/ Brian Bruce
Thirteen Cracks by Allan Lichtman

A blueprint for fixing the damage done by Donald Trump.

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October 29, 2021/ Brian Bruce/
Politics & Economics
Thirteen Cracks: Repairing American Democracy After Trump, Allan J. Lichtman, Donald Trump, American politics, Brian Bruce
October 08, 2021

Liberalism in Dark Times by Joshua Cherniss

October 08, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Liberalism in Dark Times by Joshua Cherniss

An anatomy of “tempered liberalism” - as seen through four of its towering figures.

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October 08, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
politics, political history, Joshua L. Cherniss, Steve Donoghue
October 05, 2021

The Lost History of the Capitol by Edward Moser

October 05, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
The Lost History of the Capitol by Edward Moser

A history of the US Capitol’s violent history, culminating in the January 6 insurrection.

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October 05, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics
The Lost History of the Capitol, Edward Moser, Washington DC, US history, political history, Steve Donoghue
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