Watch Tom on C-SPAN2′s BookTV
* Saturday, December 18th at 10am (ET)
* Saturday, December 18th at 5pm (ET)
* Monday, December 20th at 6am (ET)
Resolve to read [Tom's] book
“The book is written with humor and candor, making for an easy, fun read.”
Tom speaks at Iowa State University
“One of the most important issues, questions, achievements that has come out of Germany is labor.”
Why are the biologists here?
Who benefits from French brainpower in America? Not the U.S. taxpayers.
Tom Geoghegan on the Interview Show
Tom Geoghegan, author of the new book Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help Get You a Life, stopped by The Interview Show, hosted by Mark Bazer at The Hideout, in Chicago, to discuss the book, the wonders of Berlin today and more.
Rhymefest
For those who don’t know him yet…
The Hideout in Review
A great time at the Hideout last Friday. Although many presumably were there to see Rhymefest, one has to believe some of you were there to find out whether you really were you born on the wrong continent. Thanks to all who attended, bought books and stopped by to chat. For those who want to [...]
What a bunch of whiners we’ve become.
The Canadians consider the Germans.
The Case for the Continent
Geoghegan makes the case, somewhat convincingly, that a better alternative exists, and that Americans might indeed be happier if they embraced it.
Parking meters in the news, again
With only $76 million left of a $1.2 billion lump sum payment for turning over control of the city’s parking meters to a private consortium, voters and media pundits will ask the prospective candidates in the next few months their positions on privatizing city services and whether it’s wise to have done some privatizing of services the way Mayor Daley did:
