Edited by ROYCE FLIPPIN ’80, with an introduction by Matt Taibbi

(Public Affairs)

Culled from The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and Washington Monthly, among other ­publications, these political essays and profiles cover major figures and issues — from how John McCain came to pick Sarah Palin as his running mate and Barack Obama’s campaign ­strategy to the CIA’s policy toward ­suspected terrorists and the economic meltdown. Contributors include Jennifer Senior ’91 and Princeton professor Paul Krugman. Flippin is the series ­editor of The Best American Political Writing.