Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky is editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas and American editor-at-large for The Guardian. (December 2009)
From the Review
December 3, 2009: Who Are the Blue Dogs?
October 22, 2009: Something New on the Mall
July 2, 2009: 'The Unencumbered Man'
April 9, 2009: Washington: Will the Lobbyists Win?
So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government by Robert G. Kaiser
February 12, 2009: A Swing to Obama (letter)
December 18, 2008: How Historic a Victory?
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age by Larry M. Bartels
Red, Blue, and Purple America: The Future of Election Demographics edited by Ruy Teixeira
November 6, 2008: A Fateful Election
September 25, 2008: Night Comes to the Appalachians
Coal River by Michael Shnayerson
Monongah: The Tragic Story of the Worst Industrial Accident in US History by Davitt McAteer
The Scotia Widows: Inside Their Lawsuit Against Big Daddy Coal by Gerald M. Stern
June 12, 2008: Who Is John McCain?
Free Ride: John McCain and the Media by David Brock and Paul Waldman
The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him—and Why Independents Shouldn't by Cliff Schecter
McCain: The Myth of a Maverick by Matt Welch
March 20, 2008: A Possibly Super Problem
January 17, 2008: They'd Rather Be Right
Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again by David Frum
They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons by Jacob Heilbrunn
November 22, 2007: The Partisan
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
November 8, 2007: Election Fever
September 27, 2007: Citizen Gore
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
July 19, 2007: Can We Know Her?
A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Carl Bernstein
Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr.
May 31, 2007: How Democrats Should Talk
The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina by Frank Rich
Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear by Dr. Frank Luntz
The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation by Drew Westen
March 15, 2007: The Democrats
The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008 by Mark Halperin and John F. Harris
Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time by Senator Chuck Schumer, with Daniel Squadron
Take It Back: A Battle Plan for Democratic Victory by James Carville and Paul Begala
The Plan: Big Ideas for America by Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Reed
Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians by Laura Flanders
Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F. Schaller
The Moral Center: How We Can Reclaim Our Country from Die-Hard Extremists, Rogue Corporations, Hollywood Hacks, and Pretend Patriots by David Callahan
January 11, 2007: Better Late Than Never
"Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!": Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life by James A. Baker III, with Steve Fiffer
The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward—A New Approach by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, co-chairs
January 11, 2007: Invitation to a Steak-Fry (letter)
November 30, 2006: The Phenomenon
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
December 1, 2005: The Boss
Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York by Kenneth D. Ackerman
February 12, 2004: New York's Finest
The Great Mayor: Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New York by Alyn Brodsky
May 1, 2003: Battleground Zero
American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche
March 28, 2002: The World Trade Center: Before, During, & After
Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York's World Trade Center by Eric Darton
Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center by Angus Kress Gillespie
March 14, 2002: The Story Behind the Towers
Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority by Jameson W. Doig