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Frank Rich on “The God Racket”

By Marcus O'Donnell • Mar 28th, 2005 • Category: Books and literature

In his farewell column in the arts section, The New York Times’ Frank Rich provides a seething analysis of the “theatrics” of the Schiavo case in which he argues convincingly that the government signed on to a “full-scale jihad” last weekend with their congressional intervention. He quotes constitutional lawyer Lawrence Tribe to the effect that […]


NYT Best Books

By Marcus O'Donnell • Dec 5th, 2004 • Category: Books and literature

The NYT has a list of 100 Notable Books of the Year. I’ve book marked these to check out:
FICTION
THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE. By Anne Tyler. (Knopf, $24.95.) An ambitious exploration of domestic dislocation, ranging over 60 years of American experience.
CLOUD ATLAS. By David Mitchell. (Random House, paper, $14.95.) A novel that covers about 1,000 years in […]