Senior editor David Brooks's bestseller, Bobos in Paradise, is now out in paperback, from Touchstone, a bargain at $ 14. We realize that it's inconceivable SCRAPBOOK readers haven't already purchased at least one hardcover copy, but the paperback makes a nice gift for a friend who mysteriously failed to buy the book a few months ago, and no longer has his dot-com job.
Also available for purchase in your local bookstore, in paperback too, from Brookings for a mere $ 15.95, is Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr. and our own William Kristol. It consists of the major court cases from the five week Florida war, along with 62 of the best contemporaneous commentaries -- including eight from THE WEEKLY STANDARD. Guess what? Bush still wins. And his side wins the debate in the book. So if you want to annoy any of your liberal friends, this is the perfect gift.