Bruce van Voorst

Bruce van Voorst is a former correspondent for Newsweek and Time magazine.

Articles by Bruce van Voorst

Books

Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War

Bob Drogin

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism

Ron Suskind

The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism

Andrew J. Bacevich

Spies and lies

Nov 18, 2008 reviewed by Bruce van Voorst
“The most significant moral characteristic of a nation is its hypocrisy.”
—Reinhold Niebuhr, Moral Man and Immoral Society
Books

Job (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary)

Samuel E. Balentine

Dust and ashes

Aug 26, 2008 reviewed by Bruce van Voorst
The book of Job is one of the most beautiful and perplexing books of the Bible. G. K. Chesterton said, “The Iliad is great because all of life is a battle; the Odyssey is great because all of life is a journey; the Book of Job is great because all of life is a riddle.” Thomas Carlyle wrote, “A Noble Book; all men’s Book!