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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

by Al Franken

Al Franken, one of our "savviest satirists" ( People ), has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of "slander," "bias," and even "treason." He has examined the Bush administration’s policies of squandering our surplus, ravaging the environment, and alienating the rest of the world. He’s even watched Fox News. A lot. And, in this fair and balanced report, Al bravely and... (more)

Divided States of America: What Conservatives And Liberals Are Missing in the God-and-country Shouting Match

Divided States of America: What Conservatives And Liberals Are Missing in the God-and-country Shouting Match

by Richard D. Land

A popular look at the separation of church and state: what it is, what it isn't, and why it matters for the future of religion in America. An alarm-ringing but intelligent and fair-minded revelation of the backlash against traditional moral values, presented in an accessible and practical way using the sports analogy of fair play. Explains why religiously-informed moral values are under threat in a... (more)

The Meaning of Marxism

by Paul D'Amato

"In <D'Amato's> able hands, Marxist politics come alive and leap before us, pointing a way toward a better world. It's a knockout."-Dave Zirin, author of What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States In this lively and accessible introduction to the ideas of Karl Marx, with historical and contemporary examples, D'Amato argues that Marx's ideas of globalization, oppression, and... (more)