Luncheon at Liberal Rapture

5 items on the luncheon agenda today.

#1. Request for book reviews: I loved Tamerlane's review of the Lincoln bio last night. Expanding on what he said - we do get a lot of book suggestions in the comments. It would be great to hear your thoughts on what you've read. Write a review! Here are some guidelines your review should contain...

Title
Author
Publisher & Year

Overview of
-What does it cover?
-How is the writing?
-What type of reader would enjoy it?
-What do we learn?
-Is it controversial? Groundbreaking? Inspiring? A bunch of Crap?

-plus a few limited quotes.

500 words max.

Send here: John@liberalrapture.com

Don't make it homework. Have fun! The community here is consistent and opinionated. Open new vistas for us!

#2: An alarming chart here. Obama's White House...not so good with numbers.

#3 We'll always have Kandahar. In all likelihood Obama will be expanding the war in Afghanistan again in the next few weeks. Hmmm...I wonder where the anti-war Left is? Guess they're busy on Facebook drumming up support for the Whole Foods boycott.

#4: Michael Farr: "The stock market has decided that it's going to be happy no matter what."

#5 Because I feel like it...Jose Gonzalez sings Lovestain:


Coming tonight: More from Tamerlane on global warming.

Wednesday: Astrid Passionfroot's mailbag, and the roll out of a new Liberal Rapture store begins!