THE HORROR, THE HORROR

A longer essay in which I describe my experience of reading Going Rogue by the lady who's now at Fox and who knows absolutely nothing about everything... Palinology in Mattson form.

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=323

FOR THOSE WHO READ DISSENT...

I have a review of Morris Dickstein's recent book about Depression-era culture.

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=2042

THE LEFT AT WAR...

Here's a recent review I did of Michael Berube's book on the left at war. You might have to scroll down a bit to get to the actual review.

http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_04/4694

I'll Never go back to... Georgia, well, actually

I'll be coming to Atlanta, GA and the Carter Center to speak about "What the Heck..." with some highly esteemed historians. Here's an announcement:

http://carter.convio.net/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=100261

Coming to the nation's...

For those of you in D.C. on October 7, check this out:

http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2009/10/Mattsonbook.html

What the Heck... and the Progressive Book Club

What the Heck is now a selection at the Progressive Book Club (PBC). The interview below is a nice one:

http://www.progressivebookclub.com/blog/2009/10/01/jimmy-carter-and-americas-malaise-interview-with-kevin-mattson/#more-39882

I will be coming to Washington, D.C. to talk about the book at the Center for American Progress, an event that's also sponsored by PBC. That's on October 7, Wednesday.

KEN BURNS -- SOCIALIST

If you're as sick of the right wing making baseless accusations about how just about everyone who believes in government is a socialist, check out this recent piece I wrote about Ken Burns's recent documentary, "America's National Parks."

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=299