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Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
In July, he took on a new role. There was one asset that only he among the Texas Congressmen possessed: Charles Marsh’s friendship. Texas newspapers were overwhelmingly anti-Roosevelt, but Marsh’s six Texas newspapers, including the influential paper in the state capital, were for him. The publisher of six pro-Roosevelt Texas dailies had very
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
Twenty years before, Cohen told the author, he had considered young Representative Johnson “promising material.” Subsequently, he said, he had been somewhat put off by the “intensity” of Johnson’s ambition. But now, in 1957, talking to Johnson over lunch, he felt that the promise had been fulfilled: “He was a man with a mission”—to pass a civil
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
With the election around the corner and Hillary in the middle of a nasty primary fight, Brock now has a seemingly “unbiased” liberal website in his pocket to push pro-Hillary stories.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
longtime Clinton foe Jeff Gerth. He’s the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
At Kendrick’s request, Noble surveyed the field and found virtually no organization set up in early 2009 to take aim at Obama on the issue. Or at least none that was a 501(c)(4), the IRS code for a tax-exempt “social welfare” group that can participate in politics so long as it’s not the group’s primary focus. Unlike conventional political
... See moreJane Mayer • Dark Money
He has also served as executive editor and editor of the Bioneers anthology books series and executive producer and cowriter of the award-winning radio series: Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature.
Melissa K. Nelson • Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future
It was left, then, to cast Sharpton, and for Sharpton to cast himself, as the Outrageous Nigger, the familiar role—assigned sixty years ago to Father Divine and thirty years later to Adam Clayton Powell—of the essentially manageable fraud whose first concern is his own well-being.
