dispatches from the new world of work

Head Jolt

My brain feels like it's caught in one of Nikola Tesla's high-voltage experiments. In Logan on the way to Chicago, I finally picked up Bob Woodward's State of Denial. I soured on Mr Watergate several books ago, but this one has gotten amazing raves from the likes of Peggy Noonan. I laughed when brilliant friends said they couldn't read more than 5 or 10 pages at a crack, because of the intensity. Well, I joined that club. The saving grace: Carl Hiaasen has a new book, Nature Girl—which lives up to his insanely high standard. (Though I have many friends—e.g., my wife—who are turned off by brother Carl.) At any rate, Woodward on Iraq and Hiaasen on South Florida shenanigans is a jolt to the head. On the other hand, both stories are about equally surreal.

Tom Peters posted this on 11/17/06.

Comments

Tom - remember your fun career at the Whitehouse - [and me @ State department]? Mega-republic governance seems to be like a Mafioso endeavor many times ... still surprising to most though given some of the recent radically high-stakes "intrigue" I suspect ...

Posted by sean_nature_boy at November 17, 2006 10:25 AM

David Frum's dispatches reading through "State of Denial" almost tempted me to get the book. Especially with his pointing out and publicizing of page 414.

Posted by Joe Marier at November 17, 2006 11:41 AM

sean I suspect, frankly (or cynically--okay at 64), that all Seats of Government are about the same up close ...

Posted by tom peters at November 19, 2006 1:53 PM