Volume 1 Issue 6
Dispatch from the Justice Department
by Laurence Tribe
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In his new book -- Partner to the Poor-- Paul Farmer, acclaimed ‘saint,’ chronicles his true-life, world-saving adventures.
Dr. Farmer talks with Diana Silver about his work and the new book.
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My Life With My Brother's Killer
Thirty years ago, a drunk driver killed my brother.
I’ve been thinking about the homicidal driver ever since.
Then, I found him on the Internet…
by Beth Greenfield
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To Kill a Mockingbird is 50!
Atticus Finch, America's most beloved lawyer -- and father, is as inspired as ever.
by Austin Sarat
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Tea Party Reading
What is the Tea Party so angry about?
Frank Rich, Columnist, New York Times, Author The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth From 9/11 to Katrina: Richard Hofstadter's classic, The Paranoid Style in American Politics: And Other Essays (1965) is cited constantly these days in reference to the Tea Party movement, and with good reason. I would read it in conjunction with more recent historical treatments of the conservative strains that have converged to some extent in the Tea Party -- especially Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus (2001) by Rick Perlstein and The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics (1995) by Dan T. Carter.
Jill Lepore, American History Professor, Harvard University and Author of the forthcoming The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle Over American History: This might seem counterintuitive but I'd say Richard Hofstadter's Age of Reform, not so much for the story of the reformers as for the appeal of the idea that reform is a conspiracy. I don't know that anyone's ever explained populism better than Hofstadter. Plus: it sure beats reading Ayn Rand.
James Taranto, Columnist, Wall Street Journal; Editor, OpinionJournal.com: I recommend "The Next American Civil War: The Revolt Against the Liberal Elites" by Lee Harris. The Next American Civil War is an intellectual defense of a rebellion against intellectuals. [Harris] notes that the Tea Party movement is both conservative and populist, that its adherents want "a simple homespun America that is also the dominant military, cultural, and economic power on the planet." [War] is an intellectual tour de force that ties together diverse historical and philosophical themes.
Should Monsanto – makers of PCB and Agent Orange – control our food supply?
The World According to Monsato
by Marie-Monique Robin
Reviewed by Peter Lehner and Vivian Wang
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A Funny Thing Happened to Dick Armey
on His Way to Mega Prominence...
Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto
by Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe
Reviewed by Jesse Kornbluth
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Should The New York Times be prosecuted
for disclosing Bush Administration secrets?
Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media and the Rule of Law
by Gabriel Schoenfeld
Reviewed by Fritz Schwarz
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The Living Constitution
by David Strauss
Anything goes? The alternative to “Originalism” isn’t a loosey-goosey style of interpretation, but depends on common law and is based on precedent...
Filibusted!
A Conversation with Greg Koger
Greg Koger, the author of Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate, talks to Just Books' Mimi Marziani about the filibuster -- and its use and misuse.
- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: A Judge's View on Democracy and an Exclusive Interview
- Sean Wilentz: Rock &Roll and Democracy
- Anna Burger on Phillip Dray's There is Power in a Union
- Alan Khazei on national service today
- Barry Scheck on True Crime and the Start of Forensic Science
- Dalton Conley on women and work
- and more...
