The following books are "recommended reading"
for their importance to current and/or ongoing political discussions.
 The
O'Reilly Factor : The Good, Bad, and Completely Ridiculous in American
Life
An irreverent, straight-talking look at American politics and culture
from the iconoclastic anchor of one of the highest-rated TV news programs
in the country. Bill O'Reilly has the hottest cable news program on the
air. "The O'Reilly Factor," seen nightly on the Fox News Channel, boosted
its ratings by more than six times in 1998, and has kept soaring.
 SellOut:
The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment
David P Schippers & Alan P Henry uncover the dishonesty, cowardice,
and hypocracy behind the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson
Clinton, detailing why the Democrats sold out law and decency to protect
Clinton and how Clinton and his agents blatantly tried to fool the American
people.
 The
Case Against Hillary Clinton by Peggy Noonan
Noonan's goal is to bust up the iconography of Hillary Clinton and
get us to judge her as a person.
 Shrub
: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins
"Youthful political reporters are always told there are three ways
to judge a politician," write Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose in Shrub. "The
first is to look at the record. The second is to look at the record. And
third, look at the record." The record under scrutiny in this brief, informative
book belongs to one George W. Bush--dubbed "Shrub" by Ivins
 Hardball
: How Politics Is Played by Christopher Matthews
Hardball, first published in 1988, is like a modern version of Machiavelli's
The Prince, only much more richly illustrated, with anecdotes drawn from
talk-show host Chris Matthews's stint as a congressional staffer (where
he worked for, among others, renowned Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill).
 Brave
New World by Aldous Huxley
In this amazingly predictive work of fiction, Huxley foreshadowed not
only many of the practices and gadgets we take for granted today, but also
many of the social and political movements of this century--let's hope
the sterility and absence of individuality he predicted aren't yet to come.
 Betrayal
of Trust : The Collapse of Global Public Health by Laurie Garrett
What do Russia, Zaire, Los Angeles, and--most likely--your community
have in common? Each is woefully unprepared to deal with a major epidemic,
whether it's caused by bioterrorism or by new or reemerging diseases resistant
to
antibiotics.
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