“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.
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.
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:
David Maine, Pop Matters
“…as this thoughtful and engagingly written book makes clear, there are many advantages on the other side of the Atlantic worthy of serious consideration.”
Tom Geoghegan at the Hideout
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Barbara Ehrenreich - Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War
Jefferson Cowie - Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Simon Johnson and James Kwak - Thirteen Bankers
Richard Rorty - Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Olivia Manning - Fortunes of War: the Balkan Trilogy



