News & Politics Book Review: “The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames” by Kai Bird A biography that offers “a new understanding of what intelligence operatives can accomplish.” Book Reviews, Biography/History | May 30, 2014
News & Politics Q&A With Mark Stein, Author of American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us, and Why Stein discusses the concept of mass panic and how it has manifested in our country. Capital Comment, Books | May 23, 2014
News & Politics Replumbing Watergate: Author Elizabeth Drew on “Washington Journal” A look back at Nixon’s resignation, 40 years later. Capital Comment, Books | May 15, 2014
News & Politics Book Review: “Next Life Might Be Kinder” by Howard Norman Washington-area novelist Howard Norman's latest release, “Next Life Might Be Kinder,” is “sweet, elegiac” according to our reviewer. Book Reviews, Fiction | May 9, 2014
News & Politics Book Review: “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons” by Sam Kean Kean spins the history of neuroscience from the stories of true-life characters. Book Reviews, Science | May 6, 2014
News & Politics Books: Top 10 Picks for May 2014 Some of May 2014's best new releases, both fiction and nonfiction. Capital Comment, Books | May 2, 2014
News & Politics Mme. Tussaud’s Literary Waxworks, in Vanity Fair A meditation on Vanity Fair's Salman Rushdie piece--more specifically, its photo spread--from the May 2014 issue. Capital Comment, Books | Apr 26, 2014
News & Politics A Conversation with Emma Donoghue about “Frog Music” A conversation with novelist Emma Donoghue, author of "Room" and the newly released "Frog Music." Capital Comment, Books | Apr 16, 2014
News & Politics The Take on “Turn” A bookish take on a new television series that’s based on . . . a book. Capital Comment, Books | Apr 10, 2014
News & Politics Top 10 Books for April 2014 Top of titles released in April 2014, including fiction and nonfiction. Capital Comment, Books | Apr 2, 2014
Q&A With Mark Stein, Author of American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us, and Why