Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Mitt Romney: Where did it all go wrong? Rick Santorum: Are you ready for what's coming? Heilemann works through different scenarios for Republican party in ferment. File his conclusion under "be careful what you wish for"
Too Much Information, in case you're wondering. But however flimsy the sourcing of this "blistering" Palin book, it sounds more entertaining than the average political bio: "Titanic fights. Drug use. Sex. Affairs. Awful parenting"
The tragedy being, on this counter-intuitive reading, that she could actually have been a pretty good national leader, based on her record in Alaska, where she co-operated with Democrats to reform state finances. What changed her?
Something a little lighter for Christmas. How well do you know Sarah Palin and her Alaska? Q 9: Where did she earn the nickname "Sarah Barracuda"? Q 11: What's her middle name? Be proud with a score over 50%
Short story about report in Alaska of a threat made against Sarah Palin, and the extraordinary response it provoked from people presumed to support her. Even local newspaper that broke story was shocked
Author delves into the surreal new world Palin now inhabits—a place of fear, anger, and illusion, which has swallowed up the engaging, small-town hockey mom and her family, and the sadness she has left in her wake......
Good long feature on Sarah Palin's move from governor to media star. She makes big money, gains huge audience, answers to no-one. "The freak show has been turned into a fully merchandised product"
Sympathetic, funny account of Tea Party convention in Nashville. Sprinkling of truthers, birthers, racists, religious fundamentalists. But mostly decent old people. Great unifier: love of Palin
Sarah Palin brings back Wallace's brand of right-wing anti-intellectualism—though without the racism. It's nasty to watch, and bad for the GOP. Incoherent anger isn't an election-winner
She's an outlier at best for the 2012 election. But she gets huge press. Media love her because she excites readers, she's good copy. We can't help ourselves
It's OK for celebrities' books to be ghostwritten. But it's worrying when the politician for whom you vote is largely the creation of a speechwriter and an image consultant
Canadian conservative attends Tea Party National Convention, finds "movement dominated by people whose vision of the government is conspiratorial and dangerously detached from reality"
