Andrew Meier Discusses The Lost Spy
22 Sep 2008 1:45am GMT The Lost Spy is an excellent new book by Andrew Meier, formerly Time magazine's Russia correspondent. I wrote about the book here. It tells the story of Cy Oggins, an American who attended Columbia, became a Communist and, with his wife Nerma, spied for Josef Stalin. Oggins' story reprises much of the history of pre-World War II Europe, as he served Stalin in Weimar Berlin, Paris, Spain and the Far East. Meier does a fine job of re-creating these colorful milieus. In the end, Stalin...
Bill Clinton goes to bat for Obama
28 Aug 2008 1:31am GMT As I noted last night, the one gap in Hillary Clinton's speech from the perspective of the Obama campaign was strong praise for her adversary. Tonight, Bill Clinton filled that gap. The former president praised Obama frequently. At the outset, he said that the Democratic race came down to two great Americans. A few minutes later he pronounced Obama "the man for the job." Clinton cited Obama's ability to rally people to his vision, his intellectual curiosity, and his superior policies. ...
Come on, you miserable lefties
15 Jun 2008 3:08pm GMT The Daily Mail invites left-wing readers to take issue with Peter Schweizer's findings in "Right-wingers are really nicer people, latest research shows," summarizing the findings in Peter's new book Makers and Takers. JOHN adds: We interviewed Peter on our radio show last week, and talked about Makers and Takers. It's a fun interview; just click the button below to play it: To comment on this post go here.
Another Press Secretary Gives A Contrary View
29 May 2008 2:55am GMT I noted earlier today that Tony Snow, who succeeded Scott McClellan as White House press secretary and did a far better job, came away deeply impressed by President Bush. As an antidote to today's frenzy over McClellan's hatchet job, here is an interview that I did with Snow in October 2006. He talks about President Bush beginning at around the six minute mark. Just click to play. Kathryn Lopez notes that Tony appears to be very ill. Please pray for him. To comment on this post...
In Case You Missed It
28 May 2008 3:04am GMT Here is the audio clip of my appearance on Bill Bennett's radio show this morning, talking about our post, Are We Safer?. The clip is courtesy of Bill's great producer, Seth Leibsohn. Click to play: To comment on this post go here.