Russell Baker has the goods on Condeleeza Rice as National Security Adviser: She had come to the job as, in some sense, a pal who understood the young president, and while president's pal ought to be an important job in every White House, confusing it with national security adviser is a certain route to trouble. [read post]

Victor Davis Hanson appears to be the most open-minded about the book, and doesn’t believe that the concerns raised by many people about it–specifically with respect to the attacks on Colin Powell and Condeleeza Rice especially–are entirely accurate. [read post]