Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky is Editor of Guardian America, The Guardian ’s American Web site. (September 2008)

From the Review

September 25, 2008: Night Comes to the Appalachians

Coal River by Michael Shnayerson

The Scotia Widows: Inside Their Lawsuit Against Big Daddy Coal by Gerald M. Stern

Monongah: The Tragic Story of the Worst Industrial Accident in US History by Davitt McAteer

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