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Just got an email a little while ago from Newt.org indicating that the former Speaker will be a guest on Meet the Press this Sunday. He’s scheduled to debate Senator (and Democratic presidential hopeful) Chris Dodd about Iraq (you may have seen a Dodd ad airing recently on cable news channels touting his get out […]
Posted by Wendell on 12 May 2007 at 9:55 am under Books
As someone who’s earned a living writing speeches for politicians, I was particularly excited to read the book Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear written by Frank Luntz and published by Hyperion earlier this year. Luntz is the man widely-credited for helping to create the Republican “Contract for America” […]
Warning if you are not a political junkie, do not read this book. But if you are…
you may want to consider adding it to your reading list of books that should be read before the end of the year.
Doug Schoen’s The Power of the Vote is the author’s memoir as it relates to his […]
Posted by Wendell on 28 Apr 2007 at 9:08 am under Books
Ready for the next big controversy in medical research? If you think the brouhaha over stem cell research is dicey, wait until you read about the use of genes and the custody of human tissues - especially when it’s presented in a fictional format based in a current reality.
That’s the crux of Michael Crichton’s […]
The Truth (with jokes) by Al Franken is a book (that by the way is the truth - it’s got a cover and pages with writing on them and everything). The joke is that people actually bought this book.
Now that former comedian, recent political commentator and now candidate for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota […]
Posted by Wendell on 14 Apr 2007 at 9:46 am under Politics, Books
Interested in putting today’s political debate and dialogue into the perspective of America’s founders? Have I got a book for you. What Would the Founders Do? by Richard Brookhiser is just what you’re looking for. Subtitled (Our Questions Their Answers), What Would the Founders Do? helps to view modern day issues through […]
Posted by Wendell on 07 Apr 2007 at 10:46 am under Books, Sports
I had planned a different review today, but in honor of the brilliant managing job Mike Hargrove did yesterday (he gamed last night’s snow storm to a T) in the Cleveland Indians’ home opener against Hargrove’s Seattle Mariners - I pulled this book off the shelf and reread it last night…
The book Men at Work […]
Posted by Wendell on 07 Apr 2007 at 10:46 am under Books, Sports
I had originally intended to review Richard Brookhiser’s 2006 “What Would the Founder’s Do?”, but after watching the snow dump on Northeast Ohio last night and sitting through hours of delays trying to get through the Indians opener (which they never did complete), I found myself moved to talk about one of my favorite books […]
I read a lot of books that deal with politics and people. Just because I’m a MODERATE (notice how I emphasized MODERATE) Republican doesn’t mean that I only read books that come from a right to center-right perspective. Fact is, I probably read more stuff written by and about Democrats than I […]
Posted by Wendell on 23 Mar 2007 at 11:47 pm under Society, Books
This book sat on my stack of unread tomes for months before I finally cracked the spine. It sat there for a variety of reasons ranging from time to a dislike for how I received it (it came as the selection of the month from American Compass because I had neglected to decline its […]
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