American Maggie

In 1964, American historian Richard Hofstadter wrote his infamous essay, “The Paranoid Style in American Politics.” In it, he noted that “American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. In recent years we have seen angry minds at work mainly among extreme right-wingers, who have now demonstrated in the Goldwater movement how ...

Watching the five female stars of the Bravo Chanel's reality TV series, The Real Housewives of Orange County, is like being transported into a California Freaky Friday scenario:  a handful of spoiled teenagers awake one morning with the lives and bodies of middle-aged women. Suddenly burdened with the responsibilities of marriage, child-rearing, and bills, they ...

This Sunday, March 7, 2010, the 82nd Academy Awards will honor one movie with nine separate nominations. Said movie has in fact been the highest-grossing movie of all time, earning over $2 billion. The film is, of course, James Cameron’s Avatar. When released in December of 2009, Avatar was met with high praise and wide acclaim. ...

Thomas Jefferson said, “man cannot live without books.” Here at American Maggie, we think that goes for women too. So in the second half of this two-part series we’re presenting the rest of our annual Christmas list of great reads to give and to get. To read Part 1, click here. The Housing ...

Thomas Jefferson said, "man cannot live without books." Here at American Maggie, we think that goes for women too. So in this two-part series we'd like to present our annual Christmas list:  the top six recently released books and publications to give and to get this holiday. Happy reading, and Merry Christmas. Going Rogue:  An ...

The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism by Michael Kimmage Harvard University Press, 2009 Michael Kimmage, Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of America, has produced a detailed intellectual history that also serves to invoke some of today’s most pressing issues. The Conservative Turn explores the rightward political evolutions ...

Digital Images, the Internet, and Poor Ethics Are a Dangerous Combination in the Battle for Media Credibility In 2002, as controversy about the impending Iraq war escalated and liberal criticism built up faster than Trade Center rubble, a discrediting picture of President Bush began making the rounds of the blogosphere.  It showed Bush in a classroom ...

 Readings for the Politically Prescient and Culturally Clued-in  Welcome to American Maggie’s list of book recommendations! From philosophy to the arts, this list encompasses centuries of thought, study, and debate. Brush up on your political theory with “The Conservative Tutorial.” Learn more about issues facing women in “Women and Society.”  Or, find a book about current ...