A reading list offered by the disappointed

Given the time (close to the election) and circumstance (recent travel and hours in various waiting rooms), I've been doing a lot of reading about politics -- specifically about John McCain. I am pleased to pass along recommendations on two pieces published by a magazine I read when I was a young adult. I am even more pleased to have discovered the magazine is still practicing journalism that is provocative and relevant to readers who have moved well into AARP-land. I'm talking about Rolling Stone, which made a name in national reporting with the scalding political prose of Louisville's own Hunter S. Thompson and the wry, targeted wit of P.J. O'Rourke. Last week, I picked up a copy of the latest issue with its McCain cover story, "Make Believe Maverick," and I bought McCain's Promise, a bound book version of a 2000 essay... [read full story]