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Home » New York Times Book Review

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Posted inBlogs

Is the trolley problem profound or absurd?

by Michael Miner November 25, 2013August 19, 2021

The trolley is coming, tra la tra la.

Posted inBlogs

Michael Kinsley’s takedown of Double Down is a plea for plain English

by Steve Bogira November 13, 2013August 19, 2021

You might like the juicy new account of the 2012 presidential campaign if you can cut through its chasmal noisesomeness.

Mick Weber and John Byrnes
Posted inArts & Culture

The story of the diary of Anne Frank

by Albert Williams October 23, 2013August 19, 2021

Rinne Groff’s Compulsion tells the tale of a writer whose evangelical zeal for Anne Frank turned to bitter infatuation.

Posted inBlogs

Rachel Shteir—cat’s-paw of New York’s cunning plot to make the world despise us?

by Michael Miner April 23, 2013August 19, 2021

More thoughts on the DePaul professor and her essay on Chicago

Posted inBlogs

Not quite Detroit—Chicago as described by a New York Times book critic

by Michael Miner April 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Rachel Shteir’s review of three Chicago books is a little over the top.

Posted inBlogs

On Robert Caro, LBJ, Clinton, editors, and deadlines

by Steve Bogira May 7, 2012August 19, 2021

I have a personal reason for appreciating Robert Caro

Posted inBlogs

George, Mitt, and HUD

by Steve Bogira April 17, 2012August 19, 2021

In the Romney family, the apple fell far from the tree.

Posted inBlogs

Never mind Rome in 1960–how about Saint Louis in 1904?

by Michael Miner July 14, 2008August 19, 2021

The Olympics as propaganda: Does that actually work?

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