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Felt I should add this in a second comment, but I want to really recommend (if you haven't read him already) Matt Taibbi. He formerly wrote for an English lang

Felt I should add this in a second comment, but I want to really recommend (if you haven't read him already) Matt Taibbi. He formerly wrote for an English language expatriate newspaper in Russia during the chaos of post-Soviet society in the 90's (edit: and early 2000's), and now writes for a few magazines in the US. He's covered Trump in a more clearheaded take on HST's writing style. ex: ------------------------- "En route to taking this crucial first beachhead in his invasion of the capital, Trump did what he always does: stoked chaos, created hurricanes of misdirection, ignored rules and dared the system of checks and balances to stop him. By conventional standards, the system held up fairly well. But this is not a conventional president. He was a new kind of candidate and now is a new kind of leader: one who stumbles like a drunk up Capitol Hill, but manages even in defeat to continually pull the country in his direction, transforming not our laws but our consciousness, one shrivelling brain cell at a time."

rhblake 9y ago
Thanks for the recommendation - and I'll have to check out "Where the Buffalo Roam" too. Regarding the 1972 election, Timothy Crouse's "The Boys on the Bus" (published around the same time as HST's book) is also worth reading. It's about the reporters on the road reporting on the campaign ("one of the first treatises on pack journalism" sez Wikipedia) and includes various colorful characters, including of course HST, who also wrote the foreword.
- 52-6F-62 9y ago
  Never heard of it! Thanks for the recommendation. It will help frame what else I know about the time.
52-6F-62 9y ago
Replying because I can't edit. I just found the quote I wanted to share to showcase some of his style. It's not on Trump, but rather from his writing on the recent crash into recession. ------------ His July 2009 Rolling Stone article "The Great American Bubble Machine" described Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money" [1][2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi [2] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american-bubble-machine-20100405 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american...
turnip123942 9y ago
Prior to really coming into the public eye with his coverage of the 2007 financial crisis he wrote a book about American politics called "The Great Derangement". He covers his interactions with 9/11 Truthers as well as going undercover in a conservative religious group. I'm sure I am missing some other topics that he covers since it has been years since I read it but I would certainly suggest checking it out.
- 52-6F-62 9y ago
  Never heard of that one, thanks for the info. I didn't know he ever did any undercover work -- that sounds really interesting. I also forgot to mention his former co-editor Mark Ames who's also very good!

rhblake 9y ago

Thanks for the recommendation - and I'll have to check out "Where the Buffalo Roam" too. Regarding the 1972 election, Timothy Crouse's "The Boys on the Bus" (published around the same time as HST's book) is also worth reading. It's about the reporters on the road reporting on the campaign ("one of the first treatises on pack journalism" sez Wikipedia) and includes various colorful characters, including of course HST, who also wrote the foreword.

52-6F-62 9y ago
Never heard of it! Thanks for the recommendation. It will help frame what else I know about the time.

52-6F-62 9y ago

Replying because I can't edit. I just found the quote I wanted to share to showcase some of his style. It's not on Trump, but rather from his writing on the recent crash into recession. ------------ His July 2009 Rolling Stone article "The Great American Bubble Machine" described Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money" [1][2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi [2] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american-bubble-machine-20100405 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american...

turnip123942 9y ago

Prior to really coming into the public eye with his coverage of the 2007 financial crisis he wrote a book about American politics called "The Great Derangement". He covers his interactions with 9/11 Truthers as well as going undercover in a conservative religious group. I'm sure I am missing some other topics that he covers since it has been years since I read it but I would certainly suggest checking it out.

52-6F-62 9y ago
Never heard of that one, thanks for the info. I didn't know he ever did any undercover work -- that sounds really interesting. I also forgot to mention his former co-editor Mark Ames who's also very good!