Twelve publisher and longtime editor of John McCain the author Jonathan Karp writes in Newsweek on “what he’s learned from poring over a decade’s worth of the senator’s manuscripts.” Critics of McCain dismiss these works as an exercise in self-mythology and career advancement; they see in them certain ideals–about rabble-rousing and honor, for example–that they say McCain the candidate has abandoned. But I see them differently–as books in which McCain, as narrator and an occasional character, shows us the way to a nobler purpose. I know from personal experience that John McCain is honorable, kind and wise. (He’s the only […]
Politics
Revealing Ron Paul's Ghostwriter
Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s book THE REVOLUTION: A Manifesto “has become the centerpiece of a counterconvention,” the Washington Post reports. “But although the congressman from Texas has repeatedly called the book his own work, it was largely written by an unacknowledged ghostwriter, and it is unclear how much Paul contributed to the final product.” The paper “obtained” a copy of the “original manuscript,” written by Ron Paul supporter and libertarian scholar Tom Woods, along with correspondence from Woods. A letter from last December presenting the manuscript says, “When my agent shopped the idea around (before I’d actually written the book) […]
Palin Books? There's One
Seattle’s Epicenter Press has Kaylene Johnson’s short book SARAH: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down, published in May, the only book so far about the Republican’s new vice presidential running mate. The publisher told a WSJ blog on Friday “they anticipate ramping up production with Ingram Book Co. for ‘tens of thousands’ more copies.” Prior to the vice presidential announcement the book was not being carried by Amazon or BN.com, though that changed quickly. Epicenter is distributed to the trade by Graphic Arts Center Publishing. Press publisher and co-owner Kent Sturgis told the Seattle Times they […]
Suskind Book Says White House Ordered Forgery
Ron SUskind’s just-released THE WAY OF THE WORLD charges that the White House instructed the CIA to “forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein,” Politico reports, “designed to portray a false link between Hussein’s regime and al Qaeda as a justification for the Iraq war.” The book says: “The White House had concocted a fake letter from Habbush to Saddam, backdated to July 1, 2001,” Suskind writes. “It said that 9/11 ringleader Mohammad Atta had actually trained for his mission in Iraq – thus showing, finally, that there was an operational link between […]