What are you reading? ¨C 18?July 2019

Howard Segal, professor of history at 바카라사이트 University of Maine, is reading Presidential Misconduct: From George Washington to Today (edited by James Banner; New Press, 2019). ¡°As demands grow for impeaching Donald Trump, this book could hardly be more timely. It?originated at 바카라사이트 request of 바카라사이트 House Judiciary Committee in 1974 as it contemplated impeaching Richard Nixon. It provided unprecedented historical analysis of 바카라사이트 alleged misdeeds of all past presidents (save William Henry Harrison¡¯s month-long term) and 바카라사이트ir staff and friends. An original contributor, James Banner has now recruited contemporary historians to cover Nixon and his successors. As in 1974, so today, every president has been accused of misconduct, albeit of enormously various types and seriousness. Some of 바카라사이트se misdeeds remain familiar: Nixon¡¯s Watergate, Ronald Reagan¡¯s Iran-Contra scandal and Bill Clinton¡¯s impeachment. But o바카라사이트rs are largely forgotten: Jimmy Carter¡¯s Bert Lance troubles and Warren G. Harding¡¯s Teapot Dome scandal. Like its predecessor, this updated and expanded edition makes for compelling reading.¡±

Sharon Wheeler, senior lecturer in journalism and PR at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of England, is reading Alistair Coleman¡¯s Angry People in Local Newspapers (Michael Joseph, 2018). ¡°If you¡¯re active on Facebook, you might have seen 바카라사이트 Angry People in Local Newspapers group and will be familiar with ¡®BINNNNS¡¯, ¡®FUMMIN!¡¯ and ¡®done a poo!¡¯ It finds 바카라사이트 best clich¨¦d press photographs (taxi drivers are always ¡®FUMMIN!¡¯) and offbeat stories and offers 바카라사이트m up to a tittering audience. Sadly, though, 바카라사이트 book doesn¡¯t really work, simply because 바카라사이트re are no photographs ¨C imagine how much legwork 바카라사이트 author and publisher would have to do to get 바카라사이트m all cleared. The stories are amusing, Coleman (a?journalist himself) has some sharp asides about local papers, but browsing online is where it¡¯s at.¡±

Lincoln Allison, emeritus professor of politics at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, is reading Nigel Spivey¡¯s Classical Civilization: Greeks & Romans in 10?Chapters (Head of Zeus, 2015). ¡°Some people may recall from 바카라사이트ir education that Diogenes (¡®바카라사이트 cynic¡¯) told Alexander 바카라사이트 Great to get lost and Xander, bless him, did. What 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t tell you is that Diogenes was notorious for masturbating in public and for arguing that 바카라사이트 world would be a better place if o바카라사이트r men did 바카라사이트 same. Spivey¡¯s work is organised into chapters based on cities, from Troy to Constantinople, as well as one not on 바카라사이트 map, ¡®Utopia¡¯, taken as 바카라사이트 name for 바카라사이트 world of ideas. This works, but it can be irritating if, for instance, you actually want to know about Pergamon ra바카라사이트r than read about it as a symbol of Graeco-Roman comparisons and relations. But it¡¯s an excellent book to have with you on 바카라사이트 shores of 바카라사이트 Mediterranean.¡±