In the following books, pundits, analysts, politicians and the vox populi weigh in on fiscal concerns, foreign policy, the influence of late-night comedians and the effectiveness of moderates.

Former Republican strategist Phillips follows up his best-selling American Theocracy with this analysis of the current economic crisis.

Bad Money
By Kevin Phillips
Viking, $25.95
ISBN 9780670019076

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Lichtblau discusses how the Bush administration used the post-9/11 climate to alter the American justice system.

Bush's Law
By Eric Lichtblau
Pantheon, $26.95
ISBN 9780375424922

The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee (R-PA) discusses his battles with cancer—and with his fellow politicians.

Never Give In
By Sen. Arlen Specter
Thomas Dunne, $24.95
ISBN 9780312383060

No summary could top the book's subtitle: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy into a Joke.

Strange Bedfellows
By Russell L. Peterson
Rutgers, $24.95
ISBN 9780813542843

Former "Crossfire" host Press says conservatives have brought fiscal irresponsibility, foreign entanglements and corrupt government.

Trainwreck
By Bill Press
Wiley, $24.95
ISBN 9780470182406

Part performance art, part social commentary, this ongoing project asks everyday Americans what they'd like to tell the president.

I Wish to Say
By Sheryl Oring
Quack!Media, $19.95
ISBN 9780980089004