TNG Flashback: What Would You Make the New President Read?
The work day is almost over. We hope you use your last ounce of concentration to revisit this year-old TNG article. Originally published by Ben on 2/14/2008
Recently Bill Moyers asked his audience what they would want the next President to read before they took office. The most popular suggestions are after the jump.
I've read five of these (Shock Doctrine/A People's History/Nickel & Dimed/Inconvenient Truth/Animal Farm) and think they are all strong choices.
What would you add? Would it change depending on the candidate? Click here for the video from Bill Moyers Journal.
* Naomi Klein, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
* Howard Zinn, A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
* Kim Michaels, THE ART OF NON-WAR
* Jared Diamond, COLLAPSE
* Chalmers Johnson, BLOWBACK triology
* Tom Paine, COLLECTED WORKS/COMMON SENSE
* Al Gore, ASSAULT ON REASON/AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
* David Cay Johnston, FREE LUNCH
* George Orwell, 1984/ANIMAL FARM
* Naomi Wolff, THE END OF AMERICA: LETTERS TO A YOUNG PATRIOT
* Greg Mortenson, THREE CUPS OF TEA
* Barbara Ehrenreich, NICKLE AND DIMED
* Barbara Tuchman, MARCH OF FOLLY
* Doris Kearns Goodwin, TEAM OF RIVALS
* David Korten, THE GREAT TURNING
* John Steinbeck, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
* Ayn Rand, ATLAS SHRUGGED
* John Dean, BROKEN GOVERNMENT
* John Perkins, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN
* James Carroll, HOUSE OF WAR
* Thomas Friedman, THE WORLD IS FLAT
* Lao Tzu, TE TAO CHING
* Tim Weiner, LEGACY OF ASHES
* Dr. Seuss (THE LORAX, HORTON HEARS A WHO, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO, IF I RAN THE ZOO)
I've read five of these (Shock Doctrine/A People's History/Nickel & Dimed/Inconvenient Truth/Animal Farm) and think they are all strong choices.
What would you add? Would it change depending on the candidate? Click here for the video from Bill Moyers Journal.
* Naomi Klein, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
* Howard Zinn, A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
* Kim Michaels, THE ART OF NON-WAR
* Jared Diamond, COLLAPSE
* Chalmers Johnson, BLOWBACK triology
* Tom Paine, COLLECTED WORKS/COMMON SENSE
* Al Gore, ASSAULT ON REASON/AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
* David Cay Johnston, FREE LUNCH
* George Orwell, 1984/ANIMAL FARM
* Naomi Wolff, THE END OF AMERICA: LETTERS TO A YOUNG PATRIOT
* Greg Mortenson, THREE CUPS OF TEA
* Barbara Ehrenreich, NICKLE AND DIMED
* Barbara Tuchman, MARCH OF FOLLY
* Doris Kearns Goodwin, TEAM OF RIVALS
* David Korten, THE GREAT TURNING
* John Steinbeck, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
* Ayn Rand, ATLAS SHRUGGED
* John Dean, BROKEN GOVERNMENT
* John Perkins, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN
* James Carroll, HOUSE OF WAR
* Thomas Friedman, THE WORLD IS FLAT
* Lao Tzu, TE TAO CHING
* Tim Weiner, LEGACY OF ASHES
* Dr. Seuss (THE LORAX, HORTON HEARS A WHO, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO, IF I RAN THE ZOO)
2 comments:
You've never read any of the Dr. Seuss?
Yann Martel, the author of Life of Pi, did the something similar to the Prime Minister of Canada. He sends Harper a book every 2 weeks.
The current book; Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror by Michael Ignatieff might be a good one.
John Perkins' book: Confessions of an Economic Hitman...
although there is much argument that perhaps the book was embellished to be marketable as fiction, my mother worked for the world bank specializing in Southeast Asia, and I think many readers would be surprised of its painful accuracy.
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