George Allen’s book, The Triumph of Character, is due out in June.

From Publishers Lunch’s weekly e-mail: Former Virginia governor and senator George Allen’s THE TRIUMPH OF CHARACTER: What Washington Can Learn from the World of Sports, drawing on his experiences in both fields (he played football and rugby at the University of Virginia and is the the son of NFL Hall of Fame Coach, the late …

“In Defense of White Americans.”

I’ve been working on a blog entry about the Republican Party’s continuing “real Americans” narrative, one that tripped up George Allen in 2006, but Frank Rich has, happily, done the job for me. Many Republicans seem terrified of the prospect of a majority-minority America (or so I assume, given their frequent warnings about such a …

Checking in with George Allen.

Then-senator George Allen said on Wolf Blitzer’s “The Situation Room” on September 21, 2006: [M]y mother is a brave woman, and what I have learned from this — I have learned a lot. This is learning about my heritage. And I’m very proud of my mother. And I’m even more proud of my grandfather. And …