http://www.truthdig.com/zachary_karabell Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-02-20T11:03:16+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090220_zachary_karabell_on_the_case_for_big_government/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090220_zachary_karabell_on_the_case_for_big_government/ big government, book, capitalism, congress, conservatives, democracy, democrats, economy, europe, government, history, madrick, money, politics, reagan, spending, war, Book Review

Jeff Madrick’s new book insists that the anti-government ethos that is a treasured American prejudice is not grounded in the new economic reality. But is he fighting the last war?

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What is it about the region that provokes intense sectarian passions, prompting seemingly endless vendettas? “Kingmakers,” by Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac, tells the story of British and American entanglement and how the modern Middle East was invented. It also offers an exemplary history of hubris.

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]]> 2008-08-08T09:27:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071220_zachary_karabell_on_mark_lillas_the_stillborn_god/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071220_zachary_karabell_on_mark_lillas_the_stillborn_god/ america, book, christian, culture, democracy, evolution, history, jewish, karabell, lilla, muslim, peace, politics, religion, review, stillborn god, war, Book Review

With religious passions inflaming and complicating politics worldwide, the very project of a secular future is threatened.  In “The Stillborn God,” Mark Lilla reveals the roots of the age-old quest to bring political life under God’s authority.  He also explores how modern Western thinkers found a way to free politics from theological power and build barriers against destructive religious fanaticism.

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