"Being a cynic is so contemptibly easy. ...you don't have to invest anything in your work. No effort, no pride, no compassion, no sense of excellence, nothing."
-Molly Ivins
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What I'm Reading
The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
- Andrei Cherny
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
- Richard Ben Cramer
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- Anthony Everitt
Recommended Reading
The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics
- Matt Bai
Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics
-Jerome Armstrong
and Markos Moulitsas
The Next Deal The Future of Public Life in the Information Age
-Andrei Cherny
Rules for Radicals A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
- Saul Alinsky
Moneyball
- Michael Lewis
Wages of Independence Capitalism in the Early Republic
- Paul Gilge (editor)
Confessions of a Former Dittohead
- Jim Derych
The True Believer
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass movements
- Eric Hoffer
Recent blog posts
- I Have Been Begging Jesse to Introduce Me to This Guy
- Weekly Address from President-elect Obama 081122
- Disco Friday - "I Wanna Kiss You All Over" Edition
- Stuff On My Mind - Information Overload Edition
- Accountability!
- Challenging an Assumption About Maintaining Enthusiasm
- Baby You Can Drive (Park) My Car
- Why I Could Never Be President
- Susna G Breaks New Ground at DK - Dialogue With AIG
- Weekly Address from President-elect Obama 081115