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The Stillborn God

By Zachary Karabell, Truthdig. December 29, 2007.
Is separation of church and state a myth in America?

Buy Some Stuff, Enslave Somebody

By Josh Rosenblatt, Texas Observer. December 27, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Why are we so disconnected from the slave labor that produces so many of our products?

Prude: New Book Rolls Sexuality Back Centuries

By Rachel Kramer Bussel, AlterNet. December 14, 2007.
Carol Platt Liebau's new book is the worst in a recent spate of teen-sex-shockfests.

Does Susan Faludi's Terror Dream Oversimplify Post-9/11 America?

By Bree Nordenson, Columbia Journalism Review. December 12, 2007.
Media and Technology: Faludi loads a lot of conclusions on a thin strand of history.

The Health Industry's Secret History of Delaying the Fight Against Cancer

By Christine Wenc, AlterNet. December 6, 2007.
Health and Wellness: In her new book, Devra Davis exposes scientists and government officials who have worked to downplay or dismiss preventable causes of cancer.

Is the Environmental Movement on the Wrong Track?

By David Morris, AlterNet. December 3, 2007.
Environment: The new book Breakthrough believes we need hope to counteract environmentalists' dreary pessimism. But is this new "politics of hope" actually hopeful?

A Look into the Muslim Headscarf Hysteria in France

By Laila Lalami, The Nation. November 24, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: The social controversies over Muslim headscarves and the politics of identity in contemporary France are the subject of a new book, The Politics of the Veil.

Thou Shalt Find It Impossible to Live Like the Bible Tells You to

By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. November 17, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Author A.J. Jacobs spent a year trying to follow the 600+ laws he found proscribed in the Bible, and concluded he's doomed to live in sin.

We Can't Shop Our Way to Safety

By Erin Wiegand, AlterNet. November 16, 2007.
Health and Wellness: Concerned with toxic chemicals, more people are buying products with labels like "organic," "green," and "natural." But a consumerist response to environmental threats is not only inadequate, it is dangerous.

The Trauma of Investigative Reporting: Reliving Events Can Cost Your Sanity

By Silja J.A. Talvi, In These Times. November 13, 2007.
Media and Technology: A new book on the tragic suicide of investigative reporter Iris Chang reminds us that no one is equipped to bear this world's madness all on our own.

What If the Rich Never Stopped Getting Richer and Everyone Else Continued to Tread Water?

By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 22, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: A new novel envisions a near and fearsome future that just might scare America straight to a more equitable here and now.

Can We Prevent an Iran Attack?

By Peter Galbraith, The New York Review of Books and TomDispatch. October 16, 2007.
World: Is there hope of averting another war on the Persian Gulf?

Climate Change: Can We Stop It?

By Bill McKibben, New York Review of Books. October 8, 2007.
Environment: A review of controversial books on climate change and the environmental movement by Bjørn Lomborg and Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger.

'How to Pick a Peach': A Lesson in Food Science and Commercial Food Marketing

By Suzi Steffen, Culinate. October 1, 2007.
Environment: These days we are used to getting whatever food we want, whenever we want it. But with produce, that can be a recipe for disaster. Here's a book that will help you navigate the shopping and cooking maze.

Iraq Sets the Stage for Possible U.S. War with Iran

By Peter Galbraith, The New York Review of Books and TomDispatch. September 24, 2007.
World: The contest of control over Iraq between the U.S. and Iran is the largest potential crucible of disaster for the planet between now and January 2009.

Can Radical Capitalism Survive the Disasters It Creates?

By John Gray, The Guardian. September 22, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The era of "free market" economic policies forced on societies after disasters happen as detailed in Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine may be on the verge of ending.

Girls Gone Mild: Are Feminists and Prudes Rebelling Against Slut Chic?

By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. September 22, 2007.
Sex and Relationships: Wendy Shalit's new book suggests there's anti-slut rebellion in the making.

The Hypocrisy of Bill Clinton's New Book 'Giving'

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. September 18, 2007.
Bill Clinton has written a new book about charity, a "fitting subject" for a president who betrayed the poor and led his party into the arms of corporate America.

Hurricane Katrina: Who's to Blame for this Unnatural Disaster

By Ari Kelman, The Nation. August 29, 2007.
Hurricane Katrina: A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is responsible for the tragedy.

Bloggers and Billionaires, MoveOn and Howard Dean: The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. August 21, 2007.
Matt Bai's new book, The Argument, pits Washington insiders against the progressive rebellion for control of the Democratic Party, but he's spent too much time inside the Beltway to get the story right.

50 Years on, Kerouac's 'On The Road' Reveals the Beatnik as a Tender, Geeky Romantic

By Alicia Rebensdorf, AlterNet. August 21, 2007.
A revisit to Jack Kerouac's On the Road on its 50th anniversary reveals a man more suited to the role of a romantic than the epitome of cool.

Jailing Nation: How Did Our Prison System Become Such a Nightmare?

By Daniel Lazare, The Nation. August 20, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: With five percent of the world's population, the U.S. has close to a quarter of the world's prisoners. How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?

Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and the Home of the Shameless

By Leah Samuel, The Progressive. August 18, 2007.
Media and Technology: Is "ghetto" a term to embrace? Cora Daniel's new book, Ghettonation, looks at the usage of the word and its affect on the black community.

10 Years Later, We're Still Talking about Princess Di?

By Elaine Corden, The Tyee. August 17, 2007.
While the media busies itself devouring other young women, the aura around Lady Diana refuses to die.

High Adventure Is Hard to Find in This Explored-Already World

By Anneli Rufus, East Bay Express. August 3, 2007.
Writers looking for adventure these days are having a hard time exploring new ground -- should we be excited by a book on life as a dishwasher in all 50 states?

Fear and Loathing in Middle America

By Sasha Abramsky, The American Prospect. July 30, 2007.
Author Joe Bageant's "Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War" gets down and dirty with the hardship economics in Middle America.

When 'High Society' Had a Conscience: The Life of Nancy Cunard

By Carla Kaplan, The Nation. July 28, 2007.
Lois Gordon's new biography of Nancy Cunard brings the legendary 1920's philanthropist and racial activist back to life.

Shrum and Dumber: The Memoirs of a Political Consultant Who Knew How to Lose

By Matthew Yglesias, Washington Monthly. July 2, 2007.
Political consulant Bob Shrum knows how to lose presidential campaigns -- he's done it three times for with Kennedy, Gore and Kerry. And now he's written his memoirs.

One Woman's Journey to Conquer Her Fear of Porn

By Leslie Joseph, PopMatters. June 28, 2007.
Sex and Relationships: Ayn Carrillo-Gailey's new book, Pornology, chronicles a self-described good girl's exploration of the world of porn -- an industry whose fastest growing audience is women.

Exposed: The Anatomy of a Torture Scandal

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. June 21, 2007.
World: Where does the buck stop when it comes to torture?

Rise of the New Atheists

By Ronald Aronson, The Nation. June 16, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: An increasingly outspoken community of atheists and agnostics is getting fed up with being marginalized, ignored and insulted.

Should Kids Be Tried as War Criminals?

By Chris Tenove, The Tyee. June 14, 2007.
Child soldiers are recruited in conflicts all over the world because they are fierce fighters and suicidally loyal to their superiors, but can they be tried as adults for war crimes?

Her Way: A New Book Explores Hillary's Iraq Problem and Why It's Not Going Away

By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. May 30, 2007.
World: Her Way, a new book about Hillary Clinton, documents her entire Senate career and the triangulation and shiftiness in her stance regarding the war as she tried to keep step with public opinion.

Do Women Enjoy Chocolate More Than Sex?

By Danielle Egan, The Tyee. March 29, 2007.
Sex and Relationships: Author Joan Sewell says so in her new autobiography where she embraces her low libido. The media have hailed her book as "brilliant" but scientific literature disagrees with her theory.

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