Peter Richardson

My brother called me this morning to tell me that I'd been dissed in the Los Angeles Times . In a review of the recent I.F. Stone bio, m...

Nicholas Lemann's piece in this week's New Yorker discusses recent documentary films about Iraq (especially Why We Fight , Uncovered...

I went to hear Lewis Lapham in Berkeley last weekend--big turnout, very interesting. Lewis, whom I met in New York City last month, wrote t...

I tracked down the review of American Prophet in the current issue of California History . Robert Cherny, a historian at San Francisco Stat...

I'll be part of a panel on Wednesday night at San Francisco State University (Humanities 133, 7:15). It's open to the public. The t...

So I learned a little more about the SF State class on the California election--I think I might have to sign up for this one! Starts on Wedn...

We're now receiving reports that a review of American Prophet has appeared in California History . We will update you on this story as ...

I mentioned Frances Kroll Ring in a previous post; she knew Carey McWilliams, was F. Scott Fitzgerald's secretary in Los Angeles, and wr...

Some time ago, my publisher asked me to respond to some questions about Carey McWilliams. I labored over my answers, thinking that the Q...

Got a call yesterday from Kathy Johnson at San Francisco State University. She asked if I would participate in a Fall course called "C...