Monday, December 06, 2004
THE READING ROOM
Books, Recommended or Otherwise
America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart et al.
New York: Warner Books, September 2004
Rittenhouse Rating: Very Highly Recommended
Publishers Weekly has named America the Book of the Year, observing, “America (The Book) offers more than just humor, however. Beneath the eye-catching and at times goofy graphics, the dirty jokes and the playful ingenuousness shines a serious critique of the two-party system, the corporations that finance it and the ‘spineless cowards in the press’ who ‘aggressively print allegation and rumor independent of accuracy or fairness.’”
Jon Stewart and his colleagues at “The Daily Show” have assembled an alternative textbook on American history, for adults, right down to the familiar stamp on the inside front cover. And just as viewers of the television program are better informed than those who watch the major networks, readers of the book will be rewarded with a review of American history that leaves them more advanced in knowledge and understanding than their family and friends.
(Rittenhouse Reading-Room Ratings: Must Reading, Very Highly Recommended, Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended.)
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James Martin (Jim) Capozzola launched The Rittenhouse Review in April 2002, TRR: The Lighter Side of Rittenhouse, HorowitzWatch, and Smarter Andrew Sullivan in July 2002, and Bulldogs for Kerry-Edwards in October 2004. He is also a contributing member of President Boxer.
He received the 2002 Koufax Award for Best Post> for "Al Gore and the Alpha Girls" (published November 25, 2002). Capozzola's record in the Koufax Awards includes two additional nominations for 2002 (Best Blog and Best Writing), three nominations for 2003 (Best Blog, Best Series, and Best Writing), and two finalist nominations in 2004 (Best Blog and Best Writing).
Capozzola’s experience beyond the blogosphere includes a lengthy career in financial journalism, securities analysis, and investment research, and in freelance writing, editing, ghost-writing, and writing instruction.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University at Albany and a master's in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
Capozzola lives in Philadelphia with his bulldog, Mildred.
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