MORE ON "WHAT THE HECK..."

This week please keep your eyes out for a review in the LA Times (July 5).

I'll also be interviewed on our local WOUB news show on July 8.

If you get satellite radio, you can hear me on Bob Edwards's show which will be on July 9.

And then I'll appear on Michael Medved's talk radio show on July 10 (the interview takes place at 4pm EST).

I'll be on NPR's Weekend Edition at the end of the week.

Finally, if you missed the Colbert Report, you can see the show at his website or on Hulu.

MALAISE TODAY, MALAISE TOMORROW, MALAISE FOREVER...

I'm happy to announce the near release of my book, "What the Heck are You Up to Mr. President?: Jimmy Carter, America's "Malaise," and the Speech that Should Have Changed the Country, and some special events that will occur around it. For those in the general internet/cable world:

JUNE 30: COLBERT REPORT. Should be a fun interview, defending Carter's malaise speech.

JULY 15: BOB EDWARDS'S SHOW. Listen in...

For those of you in the New York City area, please come by to a small book talk I'll give at:

Barnes and Noble: Saturday June 27 at 2pm
6 Easy 18th Street, at 5th Ave

For those of you in my old stomping grounds of Washington, D.C., come by to:

Busboys and Poets: Monday, June 29, 6:30pm
1025 5th Street, NW
5th and K

For more on the book, you can check out this for now:

http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/books/catalog/what_the_heck_are_you_up_to_mr_president_hc_213

MALAISE FOREVER...

A teaser of sorts on what the next book will be about:

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_politics_of_national_sacrifice

C-Span

For those who missed it, here's a video file of my C-Span appearance:

http://cspanjunkie.org/?tag=kevin-mattson

Remembering John Patrick Diggins

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=205

C-Span

A book talk I gave back last September will be televised on C-Span's Book TV. You can get the information here:

http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramID=9795&SectionName=Politics

VICTORY HAS BEEN ASSURED

Rebels All! just won an Outstanding Academic Title Award from Choice. Tell your friends.