We have a monsterous library, but just as you enter there are shelves of new books and the "browsing collection". Since it's so close to my office I often go over and just browse those shelves. It takes too long to get to the stacks. I can't do it on a 15 minute break. This afternoon I picked up "Worse Than Watergate" by John Dean. I read it on my break, at the bus stop, on the bus. When I got home I parked my butt on my bed and read some more. I even read while I ate dinner (carne asada burrito, mmmmmm). I only have about 50 more pages to go. It's scathingly critical of the shroud of secrecy that surrounds the Bush Administration in everything from the the silence surrounding Cheney's health to the mass deception justifying the invasion of Iraq. Scary stuff. He make an excellent case for how their obsession with secrecy both damage democracy, and places us in harm's way. The tainted 9/11 Commission is a vile example of the latter. IMO.

There are a bunch of political books in the browsing section right now. I'll probably pick up something equally depressing tomorrow. I'll let you know.