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A look at two influential figures whose conflict of ideas echoes the deep political divide of today.
The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More Is Getting Us Less
By Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor
Two experts present a nuanced case that we focus too much on symptoms and too little on root causes.
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital
By Mark Leibovich
The journalist delivers a clever blend of juicy dish and smart sociology in describing the most powerful city on earth.
The American Senate: An Insider’s History
Neil MacNeil and Richard A. Baker
A look at how Congress’ upper chamber came to its current state of dysfunction.
City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York
Mason B. Williams
How the political animal called New York City was profoundly influenced by the New Deal.
Doubt, discovery and the power of the Internet.
The World Through Arab Eyes
Shibley Telhami
Arab public opinion and the reshaping of the Middle East.
Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century
Christian Caryl
Examining such diverse leaders as the Ayatollah Khomeini and Margaret Thatcher, the author sees in the passing era a triumph of the individual over the forces of collectivism.
