Friday Favorites: May 16
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This week’s recommendation is all about Chris Matthews, host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” on MSNBC.
He is the featured speaker at my son’s college graduation at Washington University in St. Louis. If the weather gods are with me this morning I’ll be in Missouri sitting in Brookings Quadrangle hearing him talk of politics and trying to figure out where my son is really sitting.
Matthews covered the 2004 president debates at the university and it seems that the university president is quite proud to have speaking today.
Matthews also is the author of four best-selling books, including “Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think” (2001) and “American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions” (2002).
Here is what the university’s Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton had to say about his books:
“Matthews also is the author of four best-selling books, including “Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think” (2001) and “American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions” (2002).
“His first book, “Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told By One Who Knows The Game” (1988), is required reading in many college-level political science courses. “Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America” (1996) was named by Reader’s Digest as “Today’s Best Non-fiction” and served as the basis of a documentary on The History Channel. His latest book, “Life’s a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation, and Success,” was released in 2007.
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