As the former Terrorism Czar of the United States National Security Council, Richard Clarke is perhaps America's foremost authority when it comes to analyzing the reactions of presidential administrations to terrorist activity over the past twenty years. As head of the NSC(National Security Council)'s counterterrorism project for 10 years, Richard Clarke had practically made Osama Bin Laden into his white whale. His recent testimony before the 9/11 Commission has been the most damning indictment to date regarding the involvement of George W. Bush's regime with the events surrounding the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. His new book, Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror, expands on his testimony and provides an honest and unflinching look at what the White House knew before, during and after 9/11. Thus, Clarke's book regarding the issues surrounding 9/11 and the Bushmen's subsequent invasion of Iraq is an illuminating read for any behind-the-scenes investigation into al-Qaeda and the Bush regime. more

This may come across as heretical, but I think A & E's screenplay adaptions of the Horatio Hornblower novels may be an improvement to C.S. Forrester's original prose. Ack! I can hear the broadsides flying my way already. But, consider that the adventures Forester documents episodically in Mr Midshipman Hornblower, the first five years of Hornblower's career, are translated by... more

Bill Gates may be wealthier, Michael Dell may be cleverer and Scot McNealy may be fiercer, but few can deny that Steve Jobs is probably the most enigmatic and fascinating CEO in Silicon Valley. Capable of casting his enthralling "Reality-Distortion-Field" upon the most hostile of his critics, Steve Jobs' presence and notoriety in the computer industry commands attention even from the mainstream media. In some stories he's a digital guru, envisioning stylish technologies with the esoteric sensibilities of an ex-hippie. In others he's l'enfant terrible, a dreadful tyrant whose obsessions blind him to his ruthlessness. Alan Deutschman has written a detailed biography of Steve Jobs that delivers its narrative on an insightful middle-ground between both extremes. more