Idiot America, how stupidity became a virtue in the Land of the Free, Charles P. Pierce
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Idiot America, how stupidity became a virtue in the Land of the Free, Charles P. Pierce
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Idiot America
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Charles P. Pierce
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how stupidity became a virtue in the Land of the Free
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With his razor-sharp wit and erudite reasoning, Pierce delivers a gut-wrenching, side-splitting lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States, exploring how a country founded on intellectual curiosity has somehow deteriorated into a nation of simpletons
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The American way of idiocy : The prince of cranks ; The war on expertise ; Beyond Atlantis ; The Templars in town -- Truth : Radio nowhere ; God and Judge Jones -- Consequences : A woman dies on Beech Street ; How we look at the sea ; The principles of automatic pilot -- Mr. Madison's library : Torture in New Hampshire ; Mr. Madison's library
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