Tag Archives: books

The price of textbooks became a political issue last year when the California Public Interest Research Group released a report that accused publishers of gouging students, which prompted Congressman David Wu (D-Ore.) to request a GAO investigation. The results of that investigation were released today, which found that textbook prices …

Publishers are sounding more like spoiled children when someone picks up a toy they weren’t playing with than people who care about books.

At one time theatre...told...the stories that mattered.

The Quill Literary Foundation has created the first literary awards whose results will be decided by the book buying public.

Three of the jurors who found Michael Jackson not guilty on all charges brought against him in a dramatic June 13 verdict have now stated they believe the erstwhile King of Pop molested Gavin Arviso, his accuser in the case. Two of the jurors reportedly have book deals and a …

Did the "good old days" of history education ever exist?

I believe every writer dreams of it: one of his/her books being made into a film.

Want to know when The Age of Enlightenment ended and what is responsible? Francis Wheen thinks he has it pinpointed in How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World. According to Wheen, 1979 “marks the moment when the world was jolted by a violent reaction to the complacency of the existing order.” This …

...no matter what is going on in our lives, it is important ... to live and experience it to the best of our abilities.

Lately I‘ve been paying a lot of attention to Sen. Rick Santorum. Among politicians, he’s unusually good at articulating the views of the Christian right, and he’s also willing to debate on the record. Flogging his new book, It Takes a Family, on WNYC yesterday, Santorum accused the Left of …