May Day Books Blog

The Meta-Meaning of Ridiculous Cop Shows I watch cop shows. I admit it. Not sure what it is. The out-side normal characters? Knowing the ene...

The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, 2010 Michael Lewis wrote “ Liar’s Poker ” (reviewed below) about the financial crash of the late 1980s, b...

In a move sure to get Charlie Sheen and Chris Brown looking to take up residence in the Ward-Meade Mansion, The City Council of Topeka, Kans...

No Nobels Alexander Nazaryan had an interesting article in a recent Salon.com on why American writers have not recently won the Nobel Prize...

“Prague, a Novel” by Arthur Phillips, 2002 / “Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs ” by D.D. Johnson, 2011 The Americans who eat in Budapest cafes: ...

“Anarchism and its Aspirations” – by Cindy Milstein, 2010 This short book has been described as a good introduction to modern anarchism. I’v...

James-Younger Gang Attempt to Rob Northfield Bank – 1876; Reenactment in Northfield, September 11, 2011 I stopped by Northfield this weekend...

The American Jobs Bill Speech, Thursday, September 8. Since the Simpson- Bowles Commission released its findings in December 2010, the bi-p...

“Politics Noir – Thirteen Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power” – Various Authors, 2011 Fiction provides a window into the ‘memes’ floatin...

“Monopoly Capital” by Baran & Sweezy, 1966 This classic of American Marxism, written in a clear, somewhat dull style unlike the someti...

“The Law of Worldwide Value,” Samir Amin, 1978/2010 And “Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Ca...

Obama Set to 'Fold' Too Well, if you’ve been trying to follow the accident on the Potomac, good luck. It’s like a crashing plane zig...