Current Events : American

The New York Times calls him “the funniest man in America,” and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide. In Boogers Are My Beat , Dave gives us the real scoop on: • The scientific search for the world’s funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word “weasel”) • RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot • Outwitting “smart” kitchen appliances and service contracts • Elections in Florida (“You can’t spell Florida without ‘duh’”) • The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together to accuse each other of cheating • The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui • The choice between death and taxes And much, much more—including some truths about journalism and serious thoughts about 9/11. more...

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Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon--one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, she surveys an anti-rationalist landscape extending from pop culture to a pseudo-intellectual universe of "junk thought. more...

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From Robert B. Reich-political economist, distinguished public servant, and author of The Work of Nations , Locked in the Cabinet , and other acclaimed and best-selling books-a brilliant analysis of the new economy and how it is affecting our lives, for better and for worse. more...

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The story begins on September 12, 2001. It reads like a novel. But the characters in award-winning journalist Steven Brill's After are real. They don't have all the answers or all the virtues of fictional heroes. It is because they are so human - so much like the rest of us - that makes the way they rise to the challenge of September 12 such an inspiring story about how America really works. more...

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America is steeped in uncertainty. We have been subjected to political terrorism, social aggression, legal anarchy, and media-driven chaos. We've lost our voice in government, education, and almost everything else in society - even as we have entered the age of communications and information technology. It is a good time to discover democracy. more...

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