Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk by Maureen Dowd

I had hoped that this book would be passe by the time my hold popped at the library but alas...

I normally don't like collections of columns but this was an exception. The arrangement adds something. And... Maureen Dowd is simply one of the very best writers around. Here's an example:

"After 9/11, this administration had everything going for it. Republicans ruled Congress. The president had enormously high approval ratings. Yet it overreached while trying to justify the reasons for going to war.

"Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it is no time for them to act as if they're losing their marbles. "