Category Archives: Book TV

Politics & Prose: Caitlin Moran: ‘How To Be Famous’

Posted on July 27, 2018 by kireschneider

Source: The New Democrat I’ll be honest with you for at least a second, ( before I go back to making an ass out of myself ) I haven’t actually read this book. I haven’t even heard of Caitlin Moran … Continue reading →

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Politics & Prose: Timothy Snyder: ‘The Road To Unfreedom’

Posted on May 4, 2018 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  “Snyder’s follow-up to On Tyranny moves from showing how to resist authoritarianism to tracing the path of its recent resurgence. Starting with Putin’s consolidation of power in Russia, Snyder charts the rise of nationalists and oligarchs from … Continue reading →

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Politics & Prose: Bruce Bartlett- ‘The Truth Matters’

Posted on March 9, 2018 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat I don’t want to make this all about Donald Trump, but when I thinking about The Truth Matters I think of that Kellyanne Conway line from February last year I believe when she’s on NBC’s Meet The … Continue reading →

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Washington Watch: BookTV Afterwords- Carlos Lozada Interviewing David Frum: Trumpocracy & The State of Western Democracy

Posted on March 4, 2018 by FredSchneiderUS

Source:The New Democrat Maybe Trumpocracy is another way of talking about the new highly rated Washington reality TV show known as The White House, with Donald Trump. I say highly rated and not highly successful, because it’s not successful at … Continue reading →

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Politics & Prose: Robert Reich- ‘The Common Good’

Posted on March 2, 2018 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat In this long PBS style fundraiser marathon of a speech that Robert Reich gave in Washington about his book The Common Good, I got the sense that he was talking about what’s called the social contract. This … Continue reading →

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Politics & Prose: John Leland: ‘Happiness Is A Choice You Make’

Posted on February 23, 2018 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat I believe in the cliche life is a highway and then add Tom Cochrane’s line, I want to ride it all night long. On the highway of life ( to use a another cliche ) you make … Continue reading →

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Politics & Prose: David Frum- Trumpocracy

Posted on February 16, 2018 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat David Frum’s Trumpocracy argues that thanks to President Donald Trump and perhaps other people and other things our liberal democracy and liberal democratic form of government is at risk. That Donald Trump represents a right-wing nationalist populist … Continue reading →

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The Film Archives: Book TV- U.S. Representative Bobby Rush- Interviewing Catherine Wilkerson: ‘The Legacy of The Weather Underground & The New Left Movement of The 1960s’

Posted on February 10, 2018 by FredSchneiderUS

“Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s before dissolving at its last … Continue reading →

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Politics & Prose: David Cay Johnston- ‘It’s Even Worse Than You Think’

Posted on February 2, 2018 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat I agree with David C. Johnston that Donald Trump is not the disease in American politics, but a symptom. His presidency is an example of what can happen when Americans are literally so pissed off about American … Continue reading →

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Politics & Prose: Alec Baldwin & Kurt Anderson- Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump

Posted on December 8, 2017 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat “Alec Baldwin reads, in character as Donald Trump, from his book with Kurt Andersen ” You Can’t Spell America Without ME” From Politics and Prose If there is one thing that you can give Donald Trump credit for … Continue reading →

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