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French Connection
Review of Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters, by Louis Begley, and
Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century,
by Ruth Harris
Washington Monthly, July/August 2010
The Early Abortion Wars
Review of Before Roe v. Wade, by Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel
Salon / The Barnes & Noble Review, June 18, 2010
In With Both Feet
Review of Louis D. Brandeis: A Life, by Melvin Urofsky
The Nation, June 14, 2010
Infinite Regret
Review of Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself:
A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, by David Lipsky
Washington Monthly, May/June, 2010
Classless Action
Review of Circle of Greed, by Patrick Dillon and Carl M. Cannon
Washington Monthly, March/April, 2010
Scalia v. The World
Review of American Original,
by Joan Biskupic, and
The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement, by Steven Teles
The Nation, February 22, 2010
Unhappy Meals
Review of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America,
by Janet Poppendieck
Washington Monthly, January/February 2010
John Brown's Trial
Review of John Brown's Trial, by Brian McGinty
The Barnes & Noble Review, January 6, 2010
Open
Review of Open, by Andre Agassi
The Barnes & Noble Review, November 27, 2009
Eating Animals
Review of Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer
Christian Science Monitor, November 16, 2009
A Life of Contempt
Review of Goddess of the Market, by Jennifer Burns, and
Ayn Rand and the World She Made, by Anne Heller
Washington Monthly, November/December 2009
No Impact Man
Review of No Impact Man,
by Colin Beavan
The Barnes & Noble Review, Sept. 21, 2009
Empire of Illusion
Review of Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and
the Triumph of Spectacle
by Chris Hedges
The Barnes & Noble Review, July 27, 2009
By His Own Rules
Review of The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld
by Bradley Graham
The Barnes & Noble Review, July 6, 2009
Radical Streak
Review of Leonard Bernstein: the Political Life
of an American Musician
by Barry Seldes
Washington Monthly, May/June 2009
The Foie Gras Wars
Review of The Foie Gras Wars
by Mark Caro
The Barnes & Noble Review, April 30, 2009
They Fought the Law
Review of Equal: Women Reshape American Law
by Fred Strebeigh
The Nation, April 27, 2009
The Philosopher and the Wolf
Review of The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands
The Barnes & Noble Review, April 21, 2009
Hunting Eichmann
Review of Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a
Young Spy Agency Chased Down the Worlds's Most Notorious Nazi
by Neal Bascomb
San Francisco Chronicle, April 1, 2009
Straight Away
Review of Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America
by Nathaniel Frank
Washington Monthly, March/April 2009
The Art Instinct
Review of The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
by Denis Dutton
The Barnes & Noble Review, December 31, 2008
The Irish Americans
Review of The Irish Americans: A History
by Jay Dolan
San Francisco Chronicle, November 26, 2008
The Irregulars
Review of The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring In Wartime Washington
by Jennet Conant
The Barnes & Noble Review, October 20, 2008
Yours, Mine, or Ours?
Review of Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
by Lawrence Lessig
San Francisco Chronicle, October 12, 2008
The Unwritten Law
Review of The Invisible Constitution
by Lawrence Tribe
Bookforum, Fall 2008
The Challenge
Review of The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight for Presidential Power
by Jonathan Mahler
San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2008
For the Love of Animals
Review of For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement,
by Kathryn Shevelow
San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 2008
The Second Plane
Review of The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom, by Martin Amis
San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2008
Judge George Clarke Extols DNA Data
Review of Justice and Science: Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence, by George Clarke
San Francisco Chronicle, February 29, 2008
'Torture and Democracy' is Definitive
Review of Torture and Democracy, by Darius Rejali
San Francisco Chronicle, January 27, 2008
'The Nine' Offers Riveting Insider Reading on Supreme Court
Review of The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin
San Francisco Chronicle, September 18, 2007
A Balanced Look at Deadly Colorado Miners Strike
Review of Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class Warfare
in the American West, by Scott Martelle.
San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 2007
Young, Pregnant, and in Peril
Review of Girls on the Stand: How Courts Fail Pregnant Minors, by Helena Silverstein.
San Francisco Chronicle - July 8, 2007
So-Called Guilded Age a Failure of Government
Review of Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900, by Jack Beatty.
San Francisco Chronicle - May 8, 2007
The Silly, Secret, Momentous Time when Nixon went to China
Review of Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World, by Margaret MacMillan.
San Francisco Chronicle - February 17, 2007
Prime Green
Review of Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties, by Robert Stone.
Christian Science Monitor - February 13, 2007 extended version
How the Press Learned to Cover Race
Review of The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle,
and the Awakening of a Nation, by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff.
Christian Science Monitor - January 9, 2007
Meat Eaters, Chew on This
Review of The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of
Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times, by Tristram Stuart.
San Francisco Chronicle - January 7, 2007
Between Enemies
Review of Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the
Middle East Divide, by Jeffrey Goldberg.
San Francisco Chronicle - October 29, 2006
Brown Pursued Just Ideas to Bloody End
Review of Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America, by Evan Carton.
San Francisco Chronicle - October 23, 2006
A Minister's Big Love
Review of The Most Famous Man in America:
The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, by Debby Applegate.
San Francisco Chronicle - July 7, 2006
Freud Remains Iconoclastic Professor's Most Worthy Opponent
Review of Follies of the Wise: Dissenting Essays, by Frederick Crews.
San Francisco Chronicle - May 7, 2006
Another Frenchman Assesses our Democracy
Review of American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps
of Tocqueville, by Bernard-Henri Levy.
San Francisco Chronicle - January 29, 2006
England's Irish Intermediary
Review of White Savage: William Johnson and the
Invention of America, by Fintan O'Toole.
Los Angeles Times - December 17, 2005
The Dark History of Mind Control
Review of World As Laboratory: Experiments with
Mice, Mazes, and Men, by Rebecca Lemov.
San Francisco Chronicle - December 11, 2005
Finding Good in Bad Kids
Review of Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of
Criminal Youth, by John Hubner.
San Francisco Chronicle - September 4, 2005
Corporate Cash and Global Greed Frolic on the Sands of the Caymans
Review of Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy, by William Brittain-Catlin.
San Francisco Chronicle - July 10, 2005
Justice of Note
Review of Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's
Supreme Court Journey, by Linda Greenhouse.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 22, 2005
Less than Zero
Review of Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare, by Philip Short.
Bookforum - April/May 2005
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