https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/03/12/acts-of-retribution-there-will-be-blood-obamas-new-bestseller/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:34:55 -0400<![CDATA[Everyone knows about Obama&#8217;s two bestselling memoirs, Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. The tumult that has engulfed the President&#8217;s young administration&#8211;a 30 percent drop in the stock market since election day, for example, not to mention the cavalcade of embarrassments regarding senior appointments&#8211;has deflected public attention from the President&#8217;s new bestseller. Daniel Henninger, writing in The Wall Street Journal today, gives us a precis of its spine-tingling plot. It&#8217;s called A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America&#8217;s Promise. The President&#8217;s Budget and Fiscal Preview (Government Printing Office, 141 pages, $26, free to download). The Presidents first two books were a species of Romance or Fantasy. In A New Era of Responsibility Obama has branched out and given readers something closer to a revenge tragedy.]]>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:39:51 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2009/03/12/acts-of-retribution-there-will-be-blood-obamas-new-bestseller-n115646