Sam Tanenhaus

Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review, discusses his piece on the Tea Party's role in the GOP race, and what happened to the movement's place in American politics. 

As we've been reviewing the 2000s, we've focused on some of the lowlights from what some are calling the "worst decade ever." But now we want some silver linings. Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review section and author of

Sam Tanenhaus looks at the history of the American conservative movement and how it has split into two factions: consensus-driven "realists" and "revanchists" who distrust government and society. In The Death of Conservatism, he examines these two groups and argues that the true role of conservatism is to ...

Get some holiday book gift ideas! Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review, shares his picks for the best and most notable books of 2008.

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