Half-Full of It
Tom Carson
The Optimistic Leftist:
Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think
by Ruy Teixeira
St. Martin's Press
$26.99 List Price
Most adults don’t have much use for physicians under the impression that dispensing the occasional lollipop is vital to keeping the patient cooperative. Even before The Optimistic Leftist: Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think (St. Martin’s Press, $27) has properly gotten under way, author Ruy Teixeira doesn’t do himself any favors on that score. A dedication whose raised-fist summons to solidarity would have
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