https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/03/22/soderbergs-strange-concoction/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-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 21:41:23 -0400<![CDATA[Writing political books is difficult these days. Events move so swiftly your work can seem irrelevant before it even gets to the copy-editing phase. [Aren&#8217;t you writing a political book?-ed. No, it&#8217;s a memoir with political overtones. Get that straight. You&#8217;re the editor &#8212; or one of them!] But the new work by Nancy Soderberg &#8212; The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse American Might &#8212; might take the cake for &#8220;dead on arrival.&#8221; Talk about the ghost of Jacques Derrida&#8230; this book seems almost an unconscious effort to drive people away from the Democratic Party.]]>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:33:31 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2005/03/22/soderbergs-strange-concoction-n207422