The Long Slide
Thirty Years in American Journalism

Stunned, quite frankly, that the publisher actually permitted this to be printed! Simon & Schuster, publisher for “The Long Slide”, has become a leader in partisan publishing and Tucker takes them to task. BTW, they published this book! It’s mind boggling for someone like me, an old publishing exec f......more

Before he became a political commentator for Fox News, Tucker Carlson was a journalist of the old school that valued principles of fairness and impartiality. You shouldn’t be able to tell a reporter’s personal politics from their articles. And The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism is j......more

Here, as always, I am reviewing the book, not politics. Although this is 4 stars rather than 5, I actually liked this book way more than I expected: I was reluctant to dig through--let's be honest--20- and 25-year-old magazine articles that were topical and interesting at the time but now are dated.......more

Nicely, this is not a take on contemporary politics but a jaunt down memory lane collected from a few decades of columns. The stories are fine, full of insight and humor. Tucker seems like a good guy to have a beer with.......more

In the final paragraph of The Long Slide, Tucker Carlson, the most senselessly reviled man in our country, writes "The world this book describes is mostly gone." And it's true. A collection of articles written over the course of his 30-year career, The Long Slide contains stories and events that cou......more