Books
Stephen L. Carter: Getting Past Black and White
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Yale University Law Professor and novelist, Stephen L Carter has two essays of note in circulation this week. The first is “Affirmative Distraction” an Op-Ed published in the New York Times assaying the legacy of Affirmative Action. Carter’s article gives a brief historical overview of the this policy prescription, meditating on the landmark Bakke case [...]
Obamanomics
Monday, June 30th, 2008This book, Obamanomics, by John R. Talbott comes out tomorrow. I got my hands on an advanced copy from my gig and read a good half so far, and most of what I’ve read is extremely informative. This author is an economist who apparently predicted the current housing collapse back in 2003 and wrote, fittingly, [...]
