Here are some goodies that I have found useful, entertaining and/or edifying. Enjoy!
Nonfiction Books I've Read Recently
● Secrets, by Daniel Ellsberg
● The Assassin's Gate, by George Packer
● Blood of the Liberals, by George Packer
● The Price of Loyalty, by Ron Suskind
● Paul Wellstone: The Life of a Passionate Progressive, by Bill Lofy
● Founding Brothers, by Joseph Ellis
● The New Pearl Harbor, by David Ray Griffin
● The Wimp Factor, by Stephen Ducat
● To Begin the World Anew, by Bernard Bailyn
● Plan of Attack, by Bob Woodward
● Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire, by Anne Norton
● Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins
● How Wars Are Won, by Bevin Alexander
● Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Political Fiction Books I've Read Recently
I normally don't read a lot of fiction (cause the real world's entertaining enough, idn't it?), but I have been lately in preparation for a seminar I first taught in the Spring of 2007. Here are the titles I've read and considered for use so far:
● The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
● 1984, by George Orwell
● Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
● Our Man In Havana, by Graham Greene
● Waiting for the Barbarians, by J.M. Coetzee
● Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
● The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth
● Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
● Being There, by Jerzy Kosinski
● A Dangerous Friend, by Ward Just
● The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey
● The Postman, by David Brin
● The Dispossessed, by Ursula Le Guin
● The Librarian, by Larry Beinhart
● The Good German, by Joseph Kanon
● Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Websites I've Been Known to Frequent
● Truthdig
● Truthout
● Alternet
Essential Humor Sites
● This Modern World, by Tom Tomorrow (Check out his brilliant 'toons here)
A Great Artist and Kind Soul
