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Published: 08/31/10

Has Anybody Actually Read Meghan McCain's Memoir?

By  Carl Franzen - AOL News
Has Anybody Actually Read Meghan McCain's Memoir?

(Aug. 31) -- It's tough out there being a maverick's kid. At least that's the lesson Surge Desk takes away from Meghan McCain (yes, that's John's adult daughter), who today released a new book, "Dirty Sexy Politics," about her time on the 2008 presidential campaign trail. (Or, more specifically, the limited time she served on the trail before she was "asked to leave and not come back," not fired, as she clarified on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday.) McCain has distinguished herself from her father and other Republicans by speaking out in support of gay marriage and comprehensive ...

Published: 07/13/10

Justice Sotomayor to Publish Memoir

By  Michelle Ruiz - AOL News
Justice Sotomayor to Publish Memoir

(July 13) -- Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will soon add "memoirist" to her distinguished resume. Alfred A. Knopf announced it will publish Sotomayor's account of her life, described as a "coming-of-age memoir by an American daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants." "Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life, and her achievements will prove an inspiration to readers around the world," Sonny Mehta, chairman and editor in chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, said in a statement. "Hers is a triumph of the Latino experience in America." Mark Wilson, Getty Images Justice Sonia ...

Published: 09/29/09

Bush Officials Denied Rowling Medal Because Books 'Encouraged Witchcraft'

By  David Sessions - Politics Daily
Bush Officials Denied Rowling Medal Because Books 'Encouraged Witchcraft'

Former George W. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer has been making waves and drawing fire the past two weeks with the dishy revelations in his new memoir, "Speech Less: Tales of a White House Survivor." Bush predicted Sarah Palin's crash-and-burn exit and remarked on the size of Hillary Clinton's "keister." But as politicos and bloggers make their way through the book, they're finding even stranger bits, like the news that Bush officials denied British author J.K. Rowling a Presidential Medal of Freedom because her "Harry Potter" books "encouraged witchcraft." The Bush administration also passed ...

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