MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/books/review/Wong-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace, by Ali A. Allawi

“In Iraq, the state no longer matters…Who are Iraq’s leaders? They are warlords living in compounds walled off from the rest of the country.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/books/review/Heilbrunn2-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture war, by Dan Gilgorff

“The story of one man’s rise as the religious right’s most powerful leader…Dobson conferred with Karl Rove about a Supreme Court nomination; he received a thank you note from Samuel Alito.”