The Goodreads algorithm strikes again! Linked as a book similar to some other now unidentifiable book on politics that I liked (Hunter S. Thompson? Joan Didion?), this bland personality reporting is nothing like Hunter S. Thompson or Joan Didion, or anything remotely resembling a thoughtful, heartfelt, principled investigation of an apparent political reality. It was instead a series of observations of known facts strung together with inside stories that held the interest and impact about as long as the average blog post. Of course, I have only read three of the essays in here at this point, but the sample does not encourage me to spend more time.