Richard Dawkins calls those who don’t subscribe to evolution ignorant, fatuously ignorant and ridiculous. Dawkins has come to realize that a disturbingly large percentage of the American and British public don’t share his enthusiasm for evolution. In fact, they actively abhor the idea, since it seems to contradict the Bible and diminish the role of [...]

Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage — is an intimate and ultimately riveting look at their unique-relationship, and the humor, faith, fortitude, and grace that define it. It is, above all, a uniquely American love story. Given the obvious historic significance of what they accomplished-together, the marriage of Barack and Michelle stands as [...]

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BOOK EXCERPT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, ‘Countdown‘
msnbc.com
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In Truth and Consequences, Keith Olbermann collects the best of his Special Comments, presented with additional observations and other new material.
Below is an excerpt:
David Bloom was dead.
It was Sunday morning, April 6, 2003, and, as in the stuff of nightmares, somebody woke me up with the terrible news. He’d [...]

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly: Inspired by Richard Hofstadter’s trenchant 1963 cultural analysis Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Jacoby (Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism) has produced an engaging, updated and meticulously thought-out continuation of her academic idol’s research.
Dismayed by the average U.S. citizen’s political and social apathy and the overall crisis of memory and knowledge [...]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description: Barack Obama’s path from Hawaii to Indonesia to the White House represents one of the most unlikely and fascinating journeys in U.S. political history.
With this special publication that is sure to become an instant collector’s item, “Time” will mark Obama’s rise with an illustrated 96-page book. “Time Obama” will contain original [...]