My latest podcast is up on the New Books Network website! In it, I interview Wilson J. Moses about his survey Thomas Jefferson's manifold intellectual activities and what they reveal about his ideas. Enjoy!

It took me a good chunk of the book to figure out what Moses is doing it, but I finally figured it out. Basically it's a dissection of Jefferson's thinking in a variety of areas, from science to economics to political theory. It's definitely interesting, but not the first title I'd recommend to anyone seeking a book on America's third president.

I'm reading this for an interview and so far it's proving dense. It's a series of essays about Jefferson's reputation that range pretty widely, and assume a great deal of familiarity with American history.

I've been loving this storyline, but this is even better than I expected given what came before: it's twisted, it's in character, and it shows just how determined Waller is to get her way.   She sacrifices herself, and her life, to keep her family safe.   And yeah, the world, too.   

She takes control of the Suicide Squad again, reveals that she's been using one to play against them, under her orders, and discovers that, with Hack dead, they still have someone working against them in Belle Reve.   This wraps up a storyline, sets up the next one, and does so much character work, as well.   Loving this more than I thought I would, and I'm more excited than I have been in a couple months to get the next issue!