Following 9/11, President Bush’s War on Terror” with plans to invade Iraq erupted into a cultural clash between French reluctance and American assurance over the case for Weapons of Mass Destruction.” In Weapons of Mass Diplomacy, diplomat Abel Lanzac reveals the tension and politics through a French insider’s point of view, with satirical humor that softens the controversial …
American Political Cartoons: The Evolution of a National Identity, 1754-2010, Revised Edition
From Benjamin Franklin’s drawing of the first American political cartoon in 1754 to contemporary cartoonists’ blistering attacks on George W. Bush and initial love-affair with Barack Obama, editorial cartoons have been a part of American journalism and politics. American Political Cartoons chronicles the nation’s highs and lows in an extensive collection of cartoons that span the entire history …
Now available from Grove Press, P. J. O’Rourke’s classic, best-selling guided tour of the world’s most desolate, dangerous, and desperate places. “Tired of making bad jokes” and believing that “the world outside seemed a much worse joke than anything I could conjure,” P. J. O’Rourke traversed the globe on a fun-finding mission, investigating the way of life in …
Why is your brother-in-law concerned about the Estate Tax? Why do millionaire news reporters get everything wrong? Why are blood-sucking teachers bankrupting America?Jimmy Dore, the comedy darling of America’s Progressive Left, answers all these questions and more! In this laugh-out-loud collection of essays that are both street-smart and informed, Jimmy sets out to discover what’s wrong. Crackling with …
Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free Speech, Football, and Assorted Absurdities
Hi. In your hands, right now, you hold the culmination of thousands of years of human intelligence, ingenuity, and brilliance. Now put your goddamn phone down and pay attention to my book. What is in my book, you ask? (I’m really glad you asked, by the way, because now I get to tell you.)Time travel. Gay marriage. Sportsballing. …