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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Salon.com political web pages
(Click for external website)
Excerpts from news/opinion website Salon.com:
- On 2026 Delaware Senate race: "Running the FBI? Kash Patel believes his job is getting attention," by Amanda Marcotte, September 17, 2025, (Link)
- On 2024_AZ_Senate: "'QAnon sheriff' Mark Lamb goes deep into far-right fringe in Arizona Senate race," by Areeba Shah, April 22, 2023, (Link)
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- "What we've learned about Elizabeth Warren's feminism: She's no 'moderate'," by Amanda Marcotte, February 21, 2020
- Salon, "Republicans want to make sex discrimination legal--and they're moving fast," by Amanda Marcotte, April 30, 2019
- Salon e-zine on 2018 SCOTUS case Benisek v. Lamone, 3/26/2018
- (On Ben Carson): Salon.com weblog on 2015 Iowa Freedom Summit, 1/26/2015
- (On Joe Miller): Salon.com CPAC interview on 2014 Alaska Senate race, 3/10/2014
- (On Oprah Winfrey): Salon.com speculation on 2020 Presidential hopefuls, 12/12/2013
- (On Shenna Bellows & Susan Collins): Salon.com on 2014 Maine Senate debate, "Snowden", 10/30/2013
- (On Angus King): Steve Peoples, Associated Press, on Salon.com, 4/9/2012
- (On Herman Cain): Chauncey De Vega, Salon.com, "Apologist for White Racism", 3/21/2011
- (On Elizabeth Warren): Salon.com, "Wall Street Run Amok", by Conrad Capto, 10/25/2010
- (On Wesley Clark): Salon.com interview by Jake Tapper, 3/23/2003
- Arianna Huffington column on Salon.com, "War on Drugs", 9/16/2002
- (On Steve Forbes): Joshua Micah Marshall on Salon.com, "Can we talk?", 5/17/1999
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Oprah Winfrey: Too young for Roe V. Wade to avoid botched abortion.
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Budget & Economy
Joe Walsh: Those who attacked Obama's spending should attack Trump's.
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Civil Rights
Dave Schatz: ERA really about abortion; Jesus would oppose it.
Herman Cain: Denied college admission due to race; but never lost faith.
Joe Miller: Opposes ENDA; ok to decide whether a business serves gays.
Joe Miller: Let states decide about gay rights & minority rights.
Steve Forbes: Against gay marriage but supports gay rights.
Wesley Clark: Disturbed that we suspended habeas corpus for War on Terror.
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Corporations
Elizabeth Warren: New regulatory regime to protect financial consumers.
Joe Miller: Multinational corporations exert power over party duopoly.
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Crime
Chris Coons: FBI chief more focused on social media than fighting crime.
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Drugs
Arianna Huffington: Hypocrisy infects America's insane drug war on every level.
Jeb Bush: Opposed treatment instead of jail for nonviolent drug users.
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Free Trade
Joe Walsh: Tariffs are a tax increase on middle-class Americans.
Katie Porter: Global economy is big reason for US economic engine.
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Government Reform
Joe Miller: Stop federal systematic spiritual and religious apartheid.
Mark Lamb: Helped found Protect America Now against "liberal takeover".
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Homeland Security
Shenna Bellows: No spying on foreign leaders NOR on ordinary Americans.
Shenna Bellows: Snowden was a whistle-blower, not a criminal.
Susan Collins: No justification for spying on Germany's chancellor.
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Immigration
ACLU: Birthright citizenship is protected by the 14th amendment.
Ben Carson: Use Canadian model for guest worker program.
Donald Trump: End birthright citizenship, despite 14th amendment.
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Principles & Values
Herman Cain: OpEd: Apologist right out of black conservative playbook.
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Social Security
Angus King: Opposes GOP budget plan as threat to Social Security.
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Technology
Joe Miller: NSA recording digital cell phone calls is turnkey tyranny.
Shenna Bellows: Total Information Awareness undermines our democracy.
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The above quotations are from Salon.com political web pages.
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