One of the better residual effects of being a formerly popular political blogger is books. I like getting advance and review copies, but I don’t have time to write reviews for all of them. Besides, book reviews don’t pay very well. 
The best I can do is let my 1,500 or so readers know what’s hot off the publishing house presses. These are the books I received in the past few weeks:
- John McWhorter sent me a signed copy of his latest book (thanks, John!), All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America.
- David Perlmutter dropped my name in Blogwars: The New Political Battleground. Among other things, he wrote that I “attacked” him in a post. I think his comment was tongue-in-cheek, though.
- Columnist Kathleen Parker’s latest book is Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care. Preach it, sister!
- Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age – Sounds scary.
- From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth about America’s Public Schools – Can I get a witness?
Reminder: Reading is fundamental. And stay in school, kids! No matter how lousy it is.
