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Books
Book reviews and essays from the Washington Monthly on the new books shaping debates over politics, policy, history, and American democracy.
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2017, Magazine
Manufacturing Won’t Save Us
At the gut level, allowing our industrial base to shrink seems incredibly unwise. But it’s maddeningly difficult to make an evidence-based case for rescuing it.
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2017, Magazine
Why Segregated Neighborhoods Persist
The long historical reach of racial housing policy.
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2017, Magazine, Main
Tribalists and Ideologues
Turns out voters just really wanna win.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2017
The Worst Job in the World
The most successful chiefs of staff have known not only how to take charge but also when to leave.
Posted inBooks, Featured, Magazine, March/April/May 2017
Thinking Again About Crime
When the citizens of Ferguson and other communities pushed back against the criminal justice system, MSNBC host Chris Hayes was on the scene. Now he has some thoughts worth considering.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2017
A Consequential Presidency
Bill Clinton rescued his party from near obscurity a quarter century ago. Democrats would be wise to closely examine the lessons of his tenure as they set out to rebuild after the devastating 2016 elections.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2017
The Power of Negative Tweeting
What Donald Trump did and didn’t learn from his childhood pastor Norman Vincent Peale.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2017
Making Nice With the Loan Sharks
Payday lenders thrive because big banks won’t serve the poor, but that doesn’t excuse their predatory practices.
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De Sade, War, and Civil Society
The trouble with writing about the first two Terra Ignota books is knowing quite where to begin. They’re dense in ways that much modern science fiction is not. They engage with the existing literature and traditions, but quite unashamedly demand that readers abandon the usual reading protocols. If Gene Wolfe is one obvious point of reference (not […]
