William Henry Harrison died just thirty-one days after taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity in American history, but NY Times columnist, Gail Collins shows in this entertaining and revelatory biography, he and his career are worth a closer look.

Americans believe that money buys results in Congress, and that business interests wield control over our legislature. Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig takes a clear-eyed look at how we arrived at this crisis in Republic Lost.

Suzanne Sena aka Brooke Alvarez, the host of “Onion News Network“, an original comedy series that people often mistake for  real news joins us.

Marcia Pally rebuts a bleak and superficial view by offering the first in-depth look at ” The New Evangelicals“–those who have moved away from the Religious Right toward a broadened focus on economic justice, environmental care, and democracy.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith’s new  book is The Dictator’s Handbook and they start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don’t care about the “national interest”—or even their subjects—unless they have to.

In this vivid and brilliant biography, American Emperor, David Stewart describes Aaron Burr, the third vice president, as a daring and perhaps deluded figure who shook the nation’s foundations in its earliest, most vulnerable decades.

The Secrets of the FBI, by bestselling author Ronald Kessler reveals the FBI’s most closely guarded secrets and the secrets of celebrities, politicians, and movie stars uncovered by agents during their investigations.

The GQ Candidate gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at what happens in the lives of candidates, and the people closest to them, when the cameras aren’t rolling plus Keli Goff talks about  what’s happening in today’s political landscape.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will lead a prayer rally in Houston proclaiming  “A Day of Prayer and Fasting for Our Nation”. Sarah Posner with Religion Dispatches calls him a Christocrat. What does she mean? Later, was the “Super Congress” budget deal a turkey? Yes, says professor Thomas Ferguson and he’ll tell why.

The Declaration of Independents is a witty, contrarian libertarian manifesto on American politics and co-author Matt Welch is perfectly primed to discuss the Republic presidential candidates and all things political.