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Lest people think that I have stopped reading books, I should probably add another entry to the Books category of my blog.

I recently finished reading The Great Unraveling by Paul Krugman. Those who are familiar with Krugman’s regular column in The New York Times will probably be familiar with the theme of this book, which is mostly a collection of his previous articles. In chapter after chapter, Krugman shows how the Bush administration’s actions are systematically undoing just about everything that is good and right in our country. In punchy, three-page doses, Krugman repeatedly nails the Bush administration on everything from the war in Iraq to broken campaign promises. When taken as a whole, the narrative Krugman strings together constitutes a fairly damning indictment.

More than the book itself, though, I really admire the author. Krugman was one of the very, very few columnists who were not cowed into submission by Bush administration’s tactics after September 11th. I wish more Americans had his courage. In many ways, Krugman has been a modern-day Cassandra: Even though almost no one believed him, he was always right.

This book should be required reading for anyone who plans to vote in the upcoming elections--especially for people who actually think that Bush is a good president.