In this follow-up to Toxic Talk\, his look at the right-wing media’s control of the political debate\, Press focuses on how the right’s rhetoric has escalated to the point of slander. While personal attacks on a president are nothing new\, Press argues that the volume of unsubstantiated assertions against President Obama—often driven by corporate interests—breaks new ground.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120212T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120212T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/rabbi-fred-reiner-standing-sinai URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/rabbi-fred-reiner-standing-sinai SUMMARY:Rabbi Fred Reiner - Standing At Sinai DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120214T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120214T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/matthew-aid-intel-wars URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/matthew-aid-intel-wars SUMMARY:Matthew Aid - Intel Wars DESCRIPTION:Impressive as it was\, the successful strike against bin Laden was the exception to\, rather than the rule of\, U.S. military-intelligence operations\, Aid argues. In his comprehensive look at the country’s massive spy network\, from policy to technology\, personnel to budget\, the author of The Secret Sentry\, investigates the gap between the resources devoted to intelligence and the often disappointing results.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120216T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120216T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/tim-weiner-enemies URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/tim-weiner-enemies SUMMARY:Tim Weiner - Enemies DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120216T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120216T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/panel-authors-teens URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/panel-authors-teens SUMMARY:Panel of Authors for Teens @ Bethesda Library DESCRIPTION:Join four writers for a discussion about the challenges and rewards of writing for young adults. Participants include Marie Lu\, whose new novel is Legend\; Beth Revis\, author of A Million Suns\, the second volume in her Across The Universe Trilogy\; Andrea Cremer\, who concludes her Nightshade Trilogy with Bloodrose\; and Jessica Spotswood\, whose Born Wicked inaugurates her Cahill Witch Chronicles.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120217T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120217T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jamal-joseph-panther-baby URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jamal-joseph-panther-baby SUMMARY:Jamal Joseph - Panther Baby DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120218T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120218T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/timothy-stanley-crusader URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/timothy-stanley-crusader SUMMARY:Timothy Stanley & Pat Buchanan - The Crusader DESCRIPTION:A sharp observer of American politics from across the pond\, Stanley\, an Oxford historian\, has the necessary critical distance to deliver a thorough and balanced account of the life of Pat Buchanan\, the controversial conservative\, three-time presidential candidate\, and Republican insider who became a populist outsider. Stanley will be in-conversation with Pat Buchanan. Both Stanley and Buchanan will sign books.
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War ∙ Time DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120220T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120220T163000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/cathy-fink-and-marcy-marxer-singing-story-hour URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/cathy-fink-and-marcy-marxer-singing-story-hour SUMMARY:Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer - Singing Story Hour DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120221T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120221T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/trita-parsi-single-roll-dice URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/trita-parsi-single-roll-dice SUMMARY:Trita Parsi - A Single Roll of the Dice DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120222T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120222T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/katherine-boo-behind-beautiful-forevers URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/katherine-boo-behind-beautiful-forevers SUMMARY:Katherine Boo - Behind The Beautiful Forevers DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-unger-emergency-state URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-unger-emergency-state SUMMARY:David Unger - The Emergency State DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T163000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/erin-stead-and-then-it%E2%80%99s-spring URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/erin-stead-and-then-it%E2%80%99s-spring SUMMARY:Erin Stead - And Then It’s Spring DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120224T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120224T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stacy-cordery-juliette-gordon-low URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/stacy-cordery-juliette-gordon-low SUMMARY:Stacy Cordery - Juliette Gordon Low DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/russ-feingold-while-america-sleeps URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/russ-feingold-while-america-sleeps SUMMARY:Russ Feingold - While America Sleeps DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T190000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mark-long-jim-demonakos-and-nate-powell-silence-our-friends URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/mark-long-jim-demonakos-and-nate-powell-silence-our-friends SUMMARY:Mark Long\, Jim Demonakos\, And Nate Powell - The Silence Of Our Friends *CANCELLED* DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120226T000000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jean-edward-smith-eisenhower-war-and-peace URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/jean-edward-smith-eisenhower-war-and-peace SUMMARY:Jean Edward Smith - Eisenhower In War And Peace DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120226T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120226T230000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/ira-shapiro-last-great-senate URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/ira-shapiro-last-great-senate SUMMARY:Ira Shapiro - The Last Great Senate DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120228T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120228T010000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-brock-fox-effect URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/david-brock-fox-effect SUMMARY:David Brock - The Fox Effect DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T164457Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120228T191700Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120228T191700Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/timothy-snyder-thinking-twentieth-century URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/timothy-snyder-thinking-twentieth-century SUMMARY:Timothy Snyder - Thinking the Twentieth Century DESCRIPTION:Timothy Snyder - Thinking the Twentieth Century
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