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Book Reviews
Frederick Douglass, Classical Liberal
A fresh look at the political evolution of a great American
From Bootlegging to Pot Trafficking
The outlaws of Marion County, Kentucky, defy one Prohibition after another.
The Cure for Abject Poverty
A new book argues that inclusive institutions offer the best path to prosperity.
The Freaky Fetishes of Golden Age Hollywood
A tolerant new tell-all from Tinseltown's sexual fixer
From the Choom Gang to the White House
A new biography shows how Barack Obama the youthful pothead became Barack Obama the presidential drug warrior.
Two Americas, Growing Apart
Charles Murray offers a better way to think and talk about class.
The Technocratic Mind
A hagiography of the Obama administration's most powerful wonks reveals more than it intends.
Hunger Games Doesn't Fit TSA's Dystopian Vision
The coming American dystopia will probably look a lot less like The Hunger Games than it does like Idiocracy.
Science Fiction Faces Facts
NASA has fizzled, but Wernher von Braun's exuberant vision lives on.
Steve Jobs, the Inhumane Humanist
The founder of Apple may have been a narcissistic jerk, but his humanity was revealed by the liberating objects he made.
John Paul Stevens' Faint-Hearted Liberalism
The retired justice's new memoir reveals an uneasy relationship with the Bill of Rights.
Empire of the Son
The president's parents were supporters, not opponents, of American hegemony.
Lochner Isn't a Dirty Word
Correcting the cartoonish vilification of a libertarian Supreme Court decision
