Close Encounters of the Harvard Kind by Samuel McCracken Thanks to a credulous professor, flying saucers are no longer just the stuff of supermarket tabloids.
The New Snake Oil: A Field Guide by Samuel McCracken Bad enough that alternative medicine is not medicine; worse is its growing respectability within the mainstream.
The Dictionary of Global Culture edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Samuel McCracken
The American House of Saud, by Steven Emerson by Samuel McCracken When the British tidied up the map of the Middle East after the collapse of the Ottoman empire they probably…
The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong, by Ben J. Wattenberg by Samuel McCracken There may be no cliche more beloved of contemporary journalists than the one about not blaming the messenger for bad…
The Apocalyptics: Cancer and the Big Lie, by Edith Efron by Samuel McCracken Among the many remarkable qualities of this book about cancer science is the back of the dust jacket. It is…
“Julia” & Other Fictions by Lillian Hellman by Samuel McCracken In February 1980, Lillian Hellman brought a libel action against Mary McCarthy. Miss McCarthy, appearing on the Dick Cavett Show,…
A Journey for Our Times, by Harrison E. Salisbury by Samuel McCracken As long ago as the time of Lincoln Steffens it was obvious that journalists could themselves make good "copy"; all…
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, by Michael Novak by Samuel McCracken Intellectuals sometimes take considerable time to catch up with the facts. In 1543 Copernicus published his major work on the…
The Ultimate Resource, by Julian L. Simon by Samuel McCracken The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse weren't the sort of fellows you'd want your sister to marry. It is perhaps…
Solar Energy: A False Hope by Samuel McCracken Solar power is the ideal source of energy for the Me Generation: riskless and cheap. Or so it is claimed.