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.

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN...

Well, I think you know what I'm referring to here, but if not, here's a piece I wrote on the last election:

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/112008/11302008/426894