Happiness on The Diane Rehm Show
Happiness author Daniel Nettle appeared on the Diane Rehm show on Friday (07/22/2005) for an hour. The entire hour-long discussion is available in the archives via the link below. LINK
Leak City
The Karl Rove/Valerie Plame/Judith Miller saga echoes a tune with many refrains. Washington, D.C. has been grappling with leaks to the press ever since the government arrived in 1800–the year that Congress held its first investigation into how the press obtained secret documents. Twice, in 1848 and 1871, the U.S. Senate held reporters prisoners in […]
“The bizarre case of John G. Roberts”
Justice John Roberts has been nominated for the Supreme Court. You can entire the entire 734 page pdf file of Judge Roberts’ 2003 hearing before Judicial Committee on the New York Times website. We present an excerpt from Lee Epstein and Jeffrey Segal’s forthcoming book Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointments below.