The Last Gasp of the Politics-as-Usual Memoir
New books by Barack Obama and John Boehner promise a trip down memory lane as the world burns
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6 min readSep 23, 2020
John Boehner, the former speaker of the House, is enjoying a glass of red wine. A cigarette is balanced against an ashtray in a dim bar with dark wood panels. Boehner leans forward in his red leather armchair, relaxed and lightly…