political science

Andrew Busch takes rhetoric seriously – so seriously, in fact, that he authors an entire book exploring how presidential campaigns rhetorically argue about, debate, discuss, and decide on weighty constitutional issues.

The Orwell Prize, Britain's most prestigious award for political writing, has named its winners for 2008. Raja Shehadeh won the Orwell Prize for Books with Palestinian Walks. The book describes, through a series of six walks over 26 years - the destruction of the Palestinian landscape, and how it mirrors the destruction of Palestinian identity and culture.

"While his politics differ greatly from the American presidents he shadowed, some things are quite similar. They have all written lots and lots of books." AbeBooks blog "Reading Copy" takes a quick look at the literary stylings of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba.

Geoffrey Stone, a law professor at the University of Chicago and a long time first amendment scholar (Perilous Times) reviews Jack Goldsmith's The Terror Presidency. Jack Goldsmith is a lawyer who resigned from the Bush administration because he felt the legal justification for Bush policies was lacking. He is a staunch conservative, but likes to operate by the rule of law.