“No matter which side one supports on this issue, this anthology will enable both an intellectual support of one’s own beliefs and a better, fuller understanding of the contrary position.” – Amazon.com.
“Succeeds in framing the major religious, legal, moral and personal issues … and in showing why the debate cuts to the core of Americans’ beliefs about themselves.” – Philadelphia Inquirer.
“For smaller collections that may need only one title on the subject, Sullivan’s work is by far the better choice, given the depth and breadth of its coverage.” – Library Journal.
MEDIA HO UPDATE: Every day this week, I’ll be on TV or radio somewhere, as well as speaking at three live events. The live events are tonight at the Barnes and Noble in Chelsea, New York City, at 7 pm, Wednesday at 7 pm at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, courtesy of Wordsworth Books, and Friday at 6.30 pm at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The final event will be a debate between me and others, including Robert Bork and Gary Bauer (C-SPAN will broadcast). As for media, I’ll be on the radio this morning on WNYC in New York for the Brian Lehrer show at 10.30 am, and on TV on the Anderson Cooper CNN show tomorrow evening, as well as Headline News and MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country”. Later this week, I’ll be on Bill Moyers’ PBS show. All these media gigs can and probably will change, if experience is any guide, but this is my best guess as of now. If you’re in the media and want an interview, my publicist is Fernando Montero at Random House, 212 572 2420. My apologies for the light blogging this week, but book tours suck all the energy and time from a human being, and I’m leery of trying to write completely exhausted. I tend to get my Jacksons and Jeffersons, let alone my Zarqawis and Zawahiris, muddled up. But I will try and check in as much as I can.
INSIDE DISH: The Inside Dish will return next weekend, when I catch my breath.
EMAIL OF THE DAY: “So Kerry could finish the job in Iraq better than Bush by giving the job to John McCain, assuming, of course, that he would relinquish his job as Commander-in-Chief. But what is there to insure that John McCain’s counsel would be heeded even after their supposed victory? McCain is to Cheney as Kerry is to … sorry, not Bush. It is more likely, I think, that the two would soon be at odds, which is not by definition a bad thing, but may not be what you had in mind. On the other hand, I can’t imagine a better recipe than a Kerry-McCain ticket for increasing Ralph Nader’s percentage.” – more feedback on the Letters Page.
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