Authors
Last night I got to speak with Thomas Woods, author of Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse. The book goes far beyond repealing the monstrosity that is Obamacare, taking a close look across the entire government and the numerous ways Big Government is not just part of the problem, but the problem […]
A Secret Gift: How One Man’s Kindness–and a Trove of Letters–Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression A secret Gift is one of the best best books I have ever read. Written by Ted Gup, currently the chair of the journalism department at Emerson College, and before that, an award winning investigative journalist who […]
Obesity is an interesting topic all the way around, from its impact on the individual to the impact on healthcare costs and even the spirit of the country. Thanks to Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub I came across an interesting blog by a local journalist and blogger named Michael Prager. Michael was chronicling his battle with […]
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This was a great thrill for me personally. Why? Because Michael Gerson wrote some of the most amazing presidential speeches of all time, at a time when the nation really needed it. He was George W. Bush’s chief speech writer, and in the days following the September 11 atrocity, his words helped calm the nation […]
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Erick Erickson, editor of RedState.com, CNN contributor and author of a great new book, Red State Uprising, joined me last night on WRKO. The book is a brutal critique of the modern GOP and of Washington itself. It makes a great companion to the final six weeks of this campaign cycle. I really wanted to […]
I’ve often said one of the best parts about doing Pundit Review Radio on WRKO is access to all of the books and authors that publicists send our way. In this case, the book didn’t come from a publicist, but from producer Rob’s father, who read, enjoyed and recommended the book Leviathan: The History of […]
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Whenever Israel takes action to defend itself, it’s like ringing a bell on a Pavlovian reaction from far too many on the left. Any Israeli defense, no matter how justified or overdue, is seen by the anti-Semitic left as an overreaction, escalation, provocation, or even, a war crime. Happens every time. It is entirely predictable […]
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