Current Affairs

New Federalist Papers: Essays in Defense of the Constitution
Paperback
Three prominent and highly visible writers confront the threats posed by current challenges to the American Constitution.

Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
Paperback
"An accessible, passionate indictment of the ignorance, opportunism and social indifference that enriched lawyers and a few plaintiffs, though the available scientific evidence was against them." —New York Times Book Review, Notable Books of 1996

Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture
Paperback
Passionate observers across the political/intellectual spectrum confront the downward spiral of American life, art, and thought.

Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn against Government
Paperback
How did the debate on health reform turn into the most concerted attack on government in recent American history?

Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations
Paperback
Newsweek hailed Paul Krugman as "a superstar among economists" and went on to praise Peddling Prosperity as "the best primer around on recent U.S. economic history." Others joined the chorus.


