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Bookviews - October 2012

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThere are a number of new books that address major issues that were published last month and they are worthy of your attention.  The Great Oil Conspiracy ($22.95, Sky...

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Bookviews - November 2012

By Alan Caruba My Picks of the MonthFor a look at the obscene wealth of the Saudi Royal family and the way it is spent when some Saudi princesses and a huge entourage that accompanied them on a seven...

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Bookviews - December 2012

 By Alan Caruba Editor’s Note: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the normal flow of books into our office was significantly diminished in November. My Picks of the MonthThere is no more serious threat to Western...

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Bookviews - January 2013

By Alan Caruba My Picks of the MonthThere are so many pressing issues facing Americans these days that we are fortunate that 2013 begins with a number of books that address and clarify them. The first...

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Bookviews - February 2013

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthFor most of the history of the nation, Muslims played virtually no role in its politics or culture, but journalist Paul L. Williams examines the phenomenal rise of...

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Bookviews - March 2013

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthTo understand what is wrong—and has been wrong for a very long time—with our healthcare system, you must read Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My...

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Bookviews - April 2013

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthOne of the best biographies I have read in years is Roger Ailes: Off Camera—an Inside Look at the Founder and Head of Fox News by Zev Chafets ($26.95, Sentinel)....

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Bookviews - January 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThe one book you must read as the new year begins is Murray Holland’s A Nation in the Red: The Government Debt Crisis and What We Can Do About it ($28.00, McGraw...

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Bookviews - February 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThe new “hot” book of 2014, debuting last month, and likely to remain newsworthy through the November 2014 midterm elections is Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War...

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Bookviews - March 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthWhen the U.S. Justice Department announces it will not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act you know that same-sex marriage has the full support of the White House. An...

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Bookviews -- April 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIf there is no other book you read this year, read Philip K. Howard’s The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government ($23.95, W.W. Norton)....

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Bookviews - May 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIf you have been trying to understand what is going on in the Middle East and the Maghreb (northern African) nations of Tunisia and Libya, among others in the wake of...

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Bookviews - June 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThe world is a very complex place and that is true of the issues that directly and indirectly affect our lives. There is, in addition, a legion of people and groups...

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Bookviews - July 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthI have written about energy issues for decades and yet The Fracking Truth by Chris Faulkner ($21.95, Platform Press) was so filled with hard data and informed opinion...

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Bookviews - August 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthOne of the most interesting new books is Patrick J. Buchanan’s The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority ($28.00, Crown...

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Bookviews - September 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthWe are besieged with advice on what to eat and the government has long been involved in steering everyone toward certain choices. Much of the advice it has given out...

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Bookviews - December 2013

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthOne book you must read if you are feeling unhappy with the nation’s present and future is Josef Joffe’s The Myth of America’s Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half...

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Bookviews - October 2014

My Picks of the MonthThe Obama administration’s foreign relations policies have significantly weakened America and The Russia-China Axis: The New Cold War and America’s Crisis of Leadership ($27.99,...

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Bookviews - November 2014

By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIf you have been having problems figuring out what is going on in Syria, then I recommend you read Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World...

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Bookviews - December 2014

By Alan CarubaMerry Christmas and Happy New Year!My Picks of the MonthNot long ago I read a book that predicted the decline of America as a world power. The author, a historian, made his case, but I...

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