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Tag Archives: Mark Leibovich
Non-fiction books for season’s gifts – or just for you
You’re probably as sick of the daily news cycle as I am, despite the satisfaction of seeing the progress of the Mueller investigation. Still, I highly recommend House of Trump, House of Putin, by former Boston Magazine editor Craig Unger. This … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged 19th century settlers in Great Plains, Big Game:The NFL in Dangerous Times, Bob Kraft and Donald Trump, Caroline Fraser, college football and the Vietnam era, Craig Unger, Dust Bowl and Great Depression, football owners and the testosterone competition, George Howe Colt, Harvard beats Yale 29-29, House of Putin, House of Trump, laundering Russian $ in Trump condos, Mark Leibovich, National Football League culture, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, roots of individualism in red states, Russian intrusion in our democracy, The Game:Harvard, Trump financial ties to Russian oligarchy, Yale an America in 1968
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Tom Brady’s punishment – Oh, nooooo
I long ago gave up my belief in the Easter bunny. (The rabbits who regularly destroy my garden took care of that.) Santa Claus is a relic of a decades-past childhood. But now, harsh reality demands that I can no … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Uncategorized
Tagged CBS Bob Schieffer, Commissioner Roger Goodell, DeflateGate, Elizabeth Warren, four-game suspension, John Jastremski, loss of draft picks, Mark Leibovich, New England Patriots, NFL sanctions on Patriots, NPR reporter Tom Goldman, sports reporter Jim Gray, Tom Brady
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Books to escape from Benghazi, Boko Haram, Boehner, biz cycle etc, pt. 1
Every summer I offer up some of the books I’ve read in the past year and happily invite readers’ recommendations to me. I’m always on the prowl for a good read. This summer’s book review will be in two parts. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Ari Shavit, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Heroes and Hustlers - Hardhats and Holymen, Ida Tarbell, Kati Marton, Lincoln Steffens, Mark Leibovich, My Promised Land:The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, Paris: A Love Story, Peter Jennings, Provenance, Richard Holbrooke Teddy Roosevelt, Sam McClure, The Bully Pulpit, The Greater Journey:Americans in Paris, This Town, William Howard Taft, Ze'ev Chafetz
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“This Town” captures a place and time
Tom Wolfe’s 1987 masterpiece Bonfire of the Vanities captured the greed, class, ambition, and politics of Reagan era New York City. So, too, does Mark Leibovich’s This Town capture early 21st century Washington, D.C. Bonfire, however, is fiction and This … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrea Mitchell and Alan Greenspan, Ben Bradlee, Bill and Hill, Bonfire of the Vanities, Carville and Matalin, Dick Gephardt, Edleman PR, Evan Bayh, Mark Leibovich, Obama, Robert Gibbs, Sally Quinn, Steve Schmidt, This Town, Tim Russert, Tom Wolfe, Trent Lott
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PC Police Trivialize Legitimate Issue
Political correctness run amuck: President Obama felt compelled to apologize to California Attorney General Kamela Harris for calling her “by far the best looking attorney general in the country.” Frankly, the only person who might legitimately feel slighted is Massachusetts … Continue reading
