Carter Courts Controversy Today’s book newsmaker is former president Jimmy Carter, whose PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid “strongly criticizes Israel and the United States for blocking serious peace initiatives and exacerbating terrorism in the Middle East” as the LAT puts it. Carter tells the paper, “This is a subject which, in my mind, has rarely if ever been honestly debated or discussed in the United States.” LAT Sentenced Martha Ivery was recently sentenced to 65 months in prison, Victoria Strauss reports on her blog, after pleading guilty a year ago to 15 counts of mail fraud “in connection with taking money […]