From the Claremont Review of Books, a review of White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement by Allan J. Lichtman and Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right by Paul Edward Gottfried. From CQ Weekly, a cover story on the collapse of Big Tent Republicanism. A panel on The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity by Robert Kuttner. Come January, perhaps no think tank will be more piped into the executive branch than the 5-year-old Center for American Progress (and more). Obama's savvy coalition-building broke all the rules about how to run for president; if he can take the same approach in the White House, he will be a towering success. Larry Beinhart on why the economy grows like crazy amid high taxes. From Cracked, a look at the 15 worst album covers of all-time. Arbiters of Kool: 30 years after the infamous mass suicides, does the spirit of Jonestown live on? (and more) Our Canadian Republic: Do we display too much deference to authority or not enough? Literature is for everybody, writing isn't: Contrary to the popular myth, we don't all have a book in us and pretending otherwise devalues great writing. Dishing up dormice delight: Marc Abrahams on a review of the relationship between dormouse and man.
