From The Washington Monthly, forget neocons and theocons. It’s the money-cons who really run Bush’s Republican Party: A review of The Big Con; and a review of See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation by Thomas Geoghegan. The 2008 election may be about Iraq and George W. Bush and the housing market. But the future of U.S. politics is going to be which party helps people have babies. And that's up for grabs. A review of The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful Times by Earl Shorris.
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, many of New Orleans’ poorest residents still have not returned home. Surveys show that most want to go back, but feel they cannot because of a lack of affordable housing or the risk of interrupting their children’s schooling. Is this what some in the city actually wanted? Suffering a Slow Recovery: Failed rebuilding after Katrina sets off a mental health crisis in the Gulf. Something needs to be done. Who will step up to the plate and try to ease the already exhausting burden of the families of sick children?
From Forward, an excerpt from Aleph-Bet: An Alphabet for the Perplexed by Joshua Cohen; and a review of Creator, Are You Still Listening? Israeli Poets on God and Prayer. A review of Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse. "Jew-It-Yourself": An article on the philosophy behind new sites. A review of A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology by Mitchell Silver.
