Dec 08 2008
The Post-American World by Fareed ZakariaThis book briefly flared into the limelight this campaign season when Barack Obama was seen reading it. It also inspired yet another…
Nov 12 2008
The Truth (With Jokes) by Al FrankenI read this book once in 2005 when it came out, and then again in 2006.
As this is my third time reading The Truth…
Nov 10 2008
Wrecking Crew by Thomas FrankI read Thomas Frank’s first book, What’s the Matter With Kansas?, after the first year of the second Bush II presidential term, when liberals…
Oct 28 2008
For over a decade now, the home for urban legend debunking on the web has been Snopes.com, a personal website run by Barbara and David Mikkelson.
While much of its initial incarnation focused on debunking the oldest of the old—”escaped serial…
Sep 29 2008
See if you can intuit this one:
Nov 06 2007
I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen ColbertLiving perpetually in Jon Stewart’s shadow, Stephen Colbert now throws his hat into a ring already occupied by…
Feb 22 2007
I was forwarded this article this morning by someone who often sends me not links to articles, but the sort of perfidious chain e-mails that recast a bogus FNC story and add the lines “God Bless America! If you agree…