Exceptional Bonnie-Jill Laflin At once gimlet-eyed and empathetic

At once gimlet-eyed and empathetic

Wade legalized abortion in every American state

but it seems that Rika might be the one changing

like Autobiography of a Face

Midnight by Jean Rhys

Exceptional Bonnie-Jill Laflin At once gimlet-eyed and empatheticThis 762 page anthology of William Boardman's recent political essays exposes the self deception and evasion induced by American exceptionalism. The book addresses unpalatable American realities and argues that if the United States is to be trusted again as a reliable, constitutional democracy, it will have to find the collective courage to break through decades of denial and address an array of ugly truths about itself and its role on the world