Archive for October 2011
All Burr, All the Time
After sailing into the marketplace on Tuesday, American Emperor picked up a terrific review from David Holahan at the Christian Science Monitor, which featured a great opening line: “If…
Read MorePub Date!
No, it’s not the day we crawl from bar to bar, drinking heavily. It’s publication day, when American Emperor officially hits the bookstores and Amazon starts shipping. It’s one of…
Read MoreLewis Lapham Asks About Burr
Bloomberg.com has just posted a podcast of the interview I did with Lewis Lapham about American Emperor. Mr. Lapham (it wasn’t long enough to get on a first-name basis) no…
Read MoreTreason: Too Dangerous To Be The Epithet du Jour
Over at Huffington Post, I argue that Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, and all the rest need to back off on the treason-slinging. Treason is an emotionally overpowering accusation that the…
Read MoreCalling Mr. Madison!
The current financial crisis surrounding Greece has the European Union (EU) reliving an American nightmare of the 1780s. Then, the Articles of Confederation bound the thirteen states together with ties…
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