The Men Who Stare at Goats, by Jon Ronson

“You brought a veterinarian into this?” I asked, surprised.
“Yeah, the guy was a friend of mine,” said Guy.
“And he provided the goat?”
“Yeah.”
“What about the Hippocratic oath?” I asked.
“What?” said Guy, a little crossly.
“I’m just surprised that a civilian veterinary surgeon would provide a healthy goat so some soldiers could try to stare it to death.” [...]

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In the Shadow of No Towers, by Art Spiegelman

It has been eight years to the day since America was attacked on September 11, 2001. To commemorate, I’d like to discuss the best piece of 9/11 literature I’ve encountered in those eight years, a nonfiction graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, In the Shadow of No Towers.
Even if you don’t normally read graphic novels, you [...]

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The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power, by David Sanger

If you like to sleep soundly at night, satisfied in the knowledge that people are basically decent and that your children will grow up with the freedoms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, permit me to gently nudge you toward Cute Overload, a website that has nothing to do with reading but which [...]

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