Book Review

Karen Armstrong’s Case for God

by Andrew Hazlett December 13, 2009

Religion poisons everything… God is a delusion… the end of faith… these are phrases lately found among the burgeoning supply of books by “new atheists” who take arms against a sea of holy rollers and jihadis.  In an age of faith-based politics, resurgent creationism, and religious terrorism, aggressive atheists like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and [...]

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Louis Armstrong: Terry Teachout’s stirring new biography of the jazz icon

by Andrew Hazlett November 23, 2009

Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout. The new biography of the jazz icon gets a rave review in the New York Times.

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